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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2023-48231: vim security update

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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2023-48231: vim security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/16/2023
Created
02/13/2024
Added
02/12/2024
Modified
02/12/2024

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)

  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp9-upgrade-vim-common
  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp9-upgrade-vim-enhanced
  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp9-upgrade-vim-filesystem
  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp9-upgrade-vim-minimal

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