Amazon Linux 2022 Security Advisory: ALAS-2021-005
Advisory Release Date: 2021-12-17 20:58 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2021-12-17 22:31 Pacific
FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity
vim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CVE-2021-3903)
A flaw was found in vim. A possible heap-based buffer overflow could allow an attacker to input a specially crafted file leading to a crash or code execution. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. (CVE-2021-3927)
A flaw was found in vim. A possible stack-based buffer overflow could allow an attacker to input a specially crafted file leading to a crash or code execution. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. (CVE-2021-3928)
A flaw was found in vim. A possible heap use-after-free vulnerability could allow an attacker to input a specially crafted file leading to a crash or code execution. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. (CVE-2021-3968)
A flaw was found in vim. A possible heap-based buffer overflow could allow an attacker to input a specially crafted file leading to a crash or code execution. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. (CVE-2021-3973)
A flaw was found in vim. A possible use-after-free vulnerability could allow an attacker to input a specially crafted file leading to a crash or code execution. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. (CVE-2021-3974)
A flaw was found in vim. A possible heap-based buffer overflow allows an attacker to input a specially crafted file, leading to a crash or code execution. The highest threat from this vulnerability is confidentiality, integrity, and system availability. (CVE-2021-3984)
Affected Packages:
vim
Issue Correction:
Run dnf update --releasever=2022.0.20211217 vim to update your system.
aarch64:
vim-X11-debuginfo-8.2.3642-2.amzn2022.aarch64
vim-minimal-debuginfo-8.2.3642-2.amzn2022.aarch64
vim-common-debuginfo-8.2.3642-2.amzn2022.aarch64
vim-debugsource-8.2.3642-2.amzn2022.aarch64
vim-enhanced-debuginfo-8.2.3642-2.amzn2022.aarch64
vim-enhanced-8.2.3642-2.amzn2022.aarch64
vim-debuginfo-8.2.3642-2.amzn2022.aarch64
vim-minimal-8.2.3642-2.amzn2022.aarch64
vim-X11-8.2.3642-2.amzn2022.aarch64
vim-common-8.2.3642-2.amzn2022.aarch64
noarch:
vim-default-editor-8.2.3642-2.amzn2022.noarch
vim-filesystem-8.2.3642-2.amzn2022.noarch
vim-data-8.2.3642-2.amzn2022.noarch
src:
vim-8.2.3642-2.amzn2022.src
x86_64:
vim-X11-debuginfo-8.2.3642-2.amzn2022.x86_64
vim-minimal-debuginfo-8.2.3642-2.amzn2022.x86_64
vim-enhanced-debuginfo-8.2.3642-2.amzn2022.x86_64
vim-common-debuginfo-8.2.3642-2.amzn2022.x86_64
vim-debugsource-8.2.3642-2.amzn2022.x86_64
vim-debuginfo-8.2.3642-2.amzn2022.x86_64
vim-enhanced-8.2.3642-2.amzn2022.x86_64
vim-minimal-8.2.3642-2.amzn2022.x86_64
vim-X11-8.2.3642-2.amzn2022.x86_64
vim-common-8.2.3642-2.amzn2022.x86_64