SB2023080272 - VMware Tanzu products update for Vim
Published: August 2, 2023
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 6 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0128)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to crash the application.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and crash the application.
2) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0156)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when processing lines inside files. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
3) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0158)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing lines that start with the "$" character. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file, trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
4) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0393)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to crash the application.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition when recording and using Select mode . A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and crash the application.
5) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0407)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file, trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
6) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0696)
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 Vim when switching tabpage while in the cmdline window. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.