SB2023050455 - SUSE update for vim



SB2023050455 - SUSE update for vim

Published: May 4, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023050455
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 3
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Division by zero (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1127)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a divide by zero error within the scrolldown() function in move.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file and crash the editor.


2) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1264)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the utfc_ptr2len() function in mbyte.c.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file and crash the editor.


3) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1355)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in within the class_object_index() function in vim9class.c in Vim. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.