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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5516-1
Ubuntu Security Notice 5516-1 - It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory access. An attacker could potentially use this issue to cause the corruption of sensitive information, a crash, or arbitrary code execution.
==========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5516-1July 13, 2022vim vulnerabilities==========================================================================A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:- Ubuntu 16.04 ESMSummary:Several security issues were fixed in Vim.Software Description:- vim: Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editorDetails:It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory access. An attacker could potentially use this issue to cause the corruption of sensitive information, a crash, or arbitrary code execution.Update instructions:The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the followingpackage versions:Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: vim 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm11In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5516-1 CVE-2022-2000, CVE-2022-2207, CVE-2022-2210Related news
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