ALAS2023-2023-151


Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-151
Advisory Release Date: 2023-03-30 21:11 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-04-04 21:32 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1376 in Vim's utf_ptr2char() function of the src/mbyte.c file. This flaw occurs because there is access to invalid memory with put in visual block mode. An attacker can trick a user into opening a specially crafted file, triggering an out-of-bounds read that causes an application to crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2023-1170)

Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1378. (CVE-2023-1175)

NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1392. (CVE-2023-1264)

NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1402. (CVE-2023-1355)


Affected Packages:

vim


Issue Correction:
Run dnf update vim --releasever=2023.0.20230329 to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    vim-enhanced-debuginfo-9.0.1403-1.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
    vim-minimal-debuginfo-9.0.1403-1.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
    vim-minimal-9.0.1403-1.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
    vim-common-debuginfo-9.0.1403-1.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
    vim-debugsource-9.0.1403-1.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
    vim-debuginfo-9.0.1403-1.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
    vim-enhanced-9.0.1403-1.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
    vim-common-9.0.1403-1.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64

noarch:
    vim-filesystem-9.0.1403-1.amzn2023.0.1.noarch
    vim-data-9.0.1403-1.amzn2023.0.1.noarch
    vim-default-editor-9.0.1403-1.amzn2023.0.1.noarch

src:
    vim-9.0.1403-1.amzn2023.0.1.src

x86_64:
    vim-enhanced-debuginfo-9.0.1403-1.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
    vim-common-debuginfo-9.0.1403-1.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
    vim-minimal-9.0.1403-1.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
    vim-minimal-debuginfo-9.0.1403-1.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
    vim-enhanced-9.0.1403-1.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
    vim-debuginfo-9.0.1403-1.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
    vim-debugsource-9.0.1403-1.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
    vim-common-9.0.1403-1.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64