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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2023-48231: Security patch for vim (ALAS-2023-2353)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2023-48231: Security patch for vim (ALAS-2023-2353)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/16/2023
Created
12/06/2023
Added
12/05/2023
Modified
12/05/2023

Description

Vim is an open source command line text editor. When closing a window, vim may try to access already freed window structure. Exploitation beyond crashing the application has not been shown to be viable. This issue has been addressed in commit `25aabc2b` which has been included in release version 9.0.2106. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-vim-common
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-vim-data
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-vim-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-vim-enhanced
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-vim-filesystem
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-vim-minimal
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-vim-x11
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-xxd

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