QID 353120

Date Published: 2022-02-01

QID 353120: Amazon Linux Security Advisory for vim : ALAS2-2022-1743

vim is vulnerable to heap-based buffer overflow (cve-2021-3903) a flaw was found in vim.
A possible heap-based buffer overflow could allow an attacker to input a specially crafted file leading to a crash or code execution.
The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. (
( CVE-2021-3927) a flaw was found in vim.
A possible stack-based buffer overflow could allow an attacker to input a specially crafted file leading to a crash or code execution.
( CVE-2021-3928) a flaw was found in vim.
A possible heap use-after-free vulnerability could allow an attacker to input a specially crafted file leading to a crash or code execution.
The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. (
( CVE-2021-3968) a flaw was found in vim.
( CVE-2021-3973) a flaw was found in vim.
A possible use-after-free vulnerability could allow an attacker to input a specially crafted file leading to a crash or code execution.
( CVE-2021-3974) a flaw was found in vim.
A possible heap-based buffer overflow allows an attacker to input a specially crafted file, leading to a crash or code execution.
The highest threat from this vulnerability is confidentiality, integrity, and system availability. (
( CVE-2021-3984) a flaw was found in vim.
A possible heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability allows an attacker to input a specially crafted file, leading to a crash or code execution.
The highest threat from this vulnerability is system availability. (
( CVE-2021-4019) vim is vulnerable to use after free (cve-2021-4069) a flaw was found in vim.
( CVE-2021-4136) a flaw was found in vim.
( CVE-2021-4187)

Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a securitybreach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

CVSS V3 rated as High - 8 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Critical - 9.3 severity.

Solution

Please refer to Amazon advisory: ALAS2-2022-1743 for affected packages and patching details, or update with your package manager.

Vendor References

ALAS2-2022-1743 - alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2022-1743.html

CVEs related to QID 353120

CVE-2021-3968 | CVE-2021-3927 | CVE-2021-4136 | CVE-2021-4187 | CVE-2021-3974 | CVE-2021-3928 | CVE-2021-3984 | CVE-2021-4019 | CVE-2021-3903 | CVE-2021-4173 | CVE-2021-4166 | CVE-2021-4069 | CVE-2021-3973 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
ALAS2-2022-1743	Amazon Linux 2		alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2022-1743.html

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