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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2022-1620: Security patch for vim (ALAS-2022-1628)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2022-1620: Security patch for vim (ALAS-2022-1628)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/08/2022
Created
08/29/2022
Added
08/05/2022
Modified
10/14/2022

Description

NULL Pointer Dereference in function vim_regexec_string at regexp.c:2729 in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4901. NULL Pointer Dereference in function vim_regexec_string at regexp.c:2729 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted input.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-vim

References

  • ALAS-2022-1628
  • CVE-2022-1620
  • USN-5460-1
  • USN-5613-1
  • USN-5613-2

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