USN-5963-1: Vim vulnerabilities
Severity
Medium
Vendor
VMware Tanzu
Versions Affected
- Canonical Ubuntu 16.04
- Canonical Ubuntu 18.04
- Canonical Ubuntu 22.04
Description
It was discovered that Vim was not properly performing memory management operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2022-47024, CVE-2023-0049, CVE-2023-0054, CVE-2023-0288, CVE-2023-0433) It was discovered that Vim was not properly performing memory management operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2023-0051) It was discovered that Vim was not properly performing memory management operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-1170, CVE-2023-1175) It was discovered that Vim was not properly performing memory management operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2023-1264) Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-5963-1` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: vim-common - 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm17 vim-nox-py2 - 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm17 vim-gnome - 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm17 vim-athena-py2 - 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm17 vim-athena - 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm17 vim-gtk - 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm17 vim-gui-common - 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm17 vim - 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm17 vim-gtk3-py2 - 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm17 vim-doc - 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm17 vim-gtk-py2 - 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm17 vim-tiny - 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm17 vim-gnome-py2 - 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm17 vim-gtk3 - 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm17 vim-nox - 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm17 vim-runtime - 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm17 Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2022-47024, CVE-2023-0049, CVE-2023-0054, CVE-2023-0288, CVE-2023-0433, CVE-2023-0051, CVE-2023-1170, CVE-2023-1175, CVE-2023-1264
Affected VMware Products and Versions
Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.
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Isolation Segment
- 2.11.x versions prior to 2.11.31, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.488
- 2.13.x versions prior to 2.13.16, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.488
- 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.9, or later versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.95
- 4.0.x versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.95
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Operations Manager
- 2.10.x versions prior to 2.10.57
- 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.6+LTS-T
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VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
- 2.11.x versions prior to 2.11.37, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.488
- 2.13.x versions prior to 2.13.19, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.488
- 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.9, or later versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.95
- 4.0.x versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.95
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:
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Isolation Segment
- 2.11.31, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.488 or greater
- 2.13.16, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.488 or greater
- 3.0.9, and upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.95 or greater
- 4.0.x: Upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.95 or greater
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Operations Manager
- 2.10.57
- 3.0.6+LTS-T
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VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
- 2.11.37, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.488 or greater
- 2.13.19, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.488 or greater
- 3.0.9, and upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.95 or greater
- 4.0.x: Upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.95 or greater
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-47024
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-0049
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-0054
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-0288
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-0433
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-0051
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-1170
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-1175
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-1264
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5963-1
- https://cloudfoundry.org/blog/usn-5963-1
History
2023-05-22: Initial vulnerability report published.