USN-6302-1

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USN-6302-1

Summary: vim vulnerabilities

Details: It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when opening certain files. If an attacker could trick a user into opening a specially crafted file, it could cause Vim to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-2522, CVE-2022-2580, CVE-2022-2817, CVE-2022-2819, CVE-2022-2862, CVE-2022-2889, CVE-2022-2982, CVE-2022-3134) It was discovered that Vim did not properly perform bounds checks in the diff mode in certain situations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-2598) It was discovered that Vim did not properly perform bounds checks in certain situations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-2816) It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when skipping compiled code. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-2874) It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when opening certain files. If an attacker could trick a user into opening a specially crafted file, it could cause Vim to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-3016, CVE-2022-3037) It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when invalid line number on ":for" is ignored. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-3099) It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when passing invalid arguments to the assert_fails() method. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-3153)

References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6302-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2522, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2580, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2598, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2816, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2817, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2819, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2862, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2874, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2889, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2982, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-3016, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-3037, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-3099, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-3134, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-3153