Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting vim-minimal package, versions <2:9.0.2120-1.amzn2.0.1
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- published 5 Dec 2023
- disclosed 16 Nov 2023
Introduced: 16 Nov 2023
CVE-2023-48237 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2
vim-minimal
to version 2:9.0.2120-1.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2023-2353
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vim-minimal
package and not the vim-minimal
package as distributed by Amazon-Linux
.
See How to fix?
for Amazon-Linux:2
relevant fixed versions and status.
Vim is an open source command line text editor. In affected versions when shifting lines in operator pending mode and using a very large value, it may be possible to overflow the size of integer. Impact is low, user interaction is required and a crash may not even happen in all situations. This issue has been addressed in commit 6bf131888
which has been included in version 9.0.2112. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
References
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-48237
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/6bf131888a3d1de62bbfa8a7ea03c0ddccfd496e
- https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-f2m2-v387-gv87
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/16/1
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M3VQF7CL3V6FGSEW37WNDFBRRILR65AK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4UJAK2W5S7G75ETDAEM3BDUCVSXCEGRD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VNRNYLWXZOGTYWE5HMFNQ5FVE3HBUHF6/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231227-0005/