vulnerability

Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2023-48706: Security patch for vim (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Nov 22, 2023
Added
Jan 10, 2024
Modified
Jan 28, 2025

Description

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.

Solution(s)

amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-vim-commonamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-vim-dataamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-vim-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-vim-enhancedamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-vim-filesystemamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-vim-minimalamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-vim-x11amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-xxd
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