Debian Security Advisory

DLA-3011-1 vim -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

16 May 2022

Affected Packages:

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2022-0261, CVE-2022-0351, CVE-2022-0413, CVE-2022-0443, CVE-2022-0572, CVE-2022-1154, CVE-2022-1616, CVE-2022-1619, CVE-2022-1621.

More information:

Multiple security vulnerabilities have been discovered in vim, an enhanced vi editor. Buffer overflows, out-of-bounds reads and use-after-free may lead to a denial-of-service (application crash) or other unspecified impact.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 2:8.0.0197-4+deb9u6.

We recommend that you upgrade your vim packages.

For the detailed security status of vim please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/vim

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS