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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-3705: Security patch for vim (ALAS-2022-1902)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-3705: Security patch for vim (ALAS-2022-1902)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/26/2022
Created
12/07/2022
Added
12/07/2022
Modified
12/07/2022

Description

A vulnerability was found in vim and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function qf_update_buffer of the file quickfix.c of the component autocmd Handler. The manipulation leads to use after free. The attack may be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 9.0.0805 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is d0fab10ed2a86698937e3c3fed2f10bd9bb5e731. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-212324.

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

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