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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5507-1
July 08, 2022
vim vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in Vim.
Software Description:
- vim: Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor
Details:
It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory access. An 
attacker could potentially use this issue to cause the program to crash, 
use unexpected values, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-1968)
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.
(CVE-2022-1897, CVE-2022-1942)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
vim                             2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm10
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5507-1
CVE-2022-1897, CVE-2022-1942, CVE-2022-1968