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USN-6195-1: Vim vulnerabilities

Severity

Medium

Vendor

VMware Tanzu

Versions Affected

• Canonical Ubuntu 22.04

Description

It was discovered that Vim contained an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-0128) It was discovered that Vim did not properly manage memory when freeing allocated memory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-0156) It was discovered that Vim contained a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-0158) It was discovered that Vim did not properly manage memory when recording and using select mode. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-0393) It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain memory operations during a visual block yank. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-0407) It was discovered that Vim contained a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability when switching tabpages. An attacker could possible use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-0696) Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-6195-1` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: vim-common - 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.9 vim-athena - 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.9 vim-tiny - 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.9 vim-gtk - 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.9 vim-gui-common - 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.9 vim - 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.9 vim-doc - 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.9 xxd - 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.9 vim-runtime - 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.9 vim-gtk3 - 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.9 vim-nox - 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.9 No subscription required

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2022-0128, CVE-2022-0156, CVE-2022-0158, CVE-2022-0393, CVE-2022-0407, CVE-2022-0696

Affected VMware Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

• Isolation Segment
  • 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.14, or later versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.179
  • 4.0.x versions prior to 4.0.5, or later versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.179

• Operations Manager
  • 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.14+LTS-T

• VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
  • 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.14, or later versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.179
  • 4.0.x versions prior to 4.0.5, or later versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.179

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigation below. On the Tanzu Network product page for each release, check the Depends On section and/or Release Notes for this information. Releases that have fixed this issue include:

• Isolation Segment
  • 3.0.14, and upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.179 or greater
  • 4.0.5, and upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.179 or greater

• Operations Manager
  • 3.0.14+LTS-T

• VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
  • 3.0.14, and upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.179 or greater
  • 4.0.5, and upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.179 or greater

References

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-0128
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-0156
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-0158
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-0393
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-0407
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-0696
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6195-1

History

2023-08-02: Initial vulnerability report published.