SUSE-SU-2023:3942-1

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    SUSE-SU-2023:3942-1

    Published: 3 Oct 2023Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for vim

    Details: This update for vim fixes the following issues: Security fixes: - CVE-2023-4733: Fixed use-after-free in function buflist_altfpos (bsc#1215004). - CVE-2023-4734: Fixed segmentation fault in function f_fullcommand (bsc#1214925). - CVE-2023-4735: Fixed out of bounds write in ops.c (bsc#1214924). - CVE-2023-4738: Fixed heap buffer overflow in vim_regsub_both (bsc#1214922). - CVE-2023-4752: Fixed heap use-after-free in function ins_compl_get_exp (bsc#1215006). - CVE-2023-4781: Fixed heap buffer overflow in function vim_regsub_both (bsc#1215033). Other fixes: - Calling vim on xterm leads to missing first character of the command prompt (bsc#1211461) - Rendering corruption in gvim with all 9.x versions (bsc#1210738) - Updated to version 9.0 with patch level 1894

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20233942-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1210738, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1211461, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1214922, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1214924, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1214925, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1215004, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1215006, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1215033, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4733, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4734, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4735, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4738, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4752, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4781

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: vim

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -9.0.1894-17.23.2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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