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Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-2384
Advisory Release Date: 2024-01-03 21:04 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-01-09 17:58 Pacific
Vim is a UNIX editor that, prior to version 9.0.2121, has a heap-use-after-free vulnerability. When executing a `:s` command for the very first time and using a sub-replace-special atom inside the substitution part, it is possible that the recursive `:s` call causes free-ing of memory which may later then be accessed by the initial `:s` command. The user must intentionally execute the payload and the whole process is a bit tricky to do since it seems to work only reliably for the very first :s command. It may also cause a crash of Vim. Version 9.0.2121 contains a fix for this issue. (CVE-2023-48706)
Affected Packages:
vim
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
"Run yum update vim to update your system.
"
aarch64:
vim-common-9.0.2153-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
vim-minimal-9.0.2153-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
vim-enhanced-9.0.2153-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
vim-X11-9.0.2153-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
xxd-9.0.2153-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
vim-debuginfo-9.0.2153-1.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
i686:
vim-common-9.0.2153-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
vim-minimal-9.0.2153-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
vim-enhanced-9.0.2153-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
vim-X11-9.0.2153-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
xxd-9.0.2153-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
vim-debuginfo-9.0.2153-1.amzn2.0.1.i686
noarch:
vim-filesystem-9.0.2153-1.amzn2.0.1.noarch
vim-data-9.0.2153-1.amzn2.0.1.noarch
src:
vim-9.0.2153-1.amzn2.0.1.src
x86_64:
vim-common-9.0.2153-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
vim-minimal-9.0.2153-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
vim-enhanced-9.0.2153-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
vim-X11-9.0.2153-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
xxd-9.0.2153-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
vim-debuginfo-9.0.2153-1.amzn2.0.1.x86_64