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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-1619: Security patch for vim (ALAS-2022-1829)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-1619: Security patch for vim (ALAS-2022-1829)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/08/2022
Created
09/30/2022
Added
09/30/2022
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in function cmdline_erase_chars in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4899. This vulnerabilities are capable of crashing software, modify memory, and possible remote execution

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-vim-common
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-vim-data
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-vim-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-vim-enhanced
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-vim-filesystem
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-vim-minimal
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-vim-x11

References

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