Buffer overflow in Vim - CVE-2022-0351

 

Buffer overflow in Vim - CVE-2022-0351

Published: February 22, 2022 / Updated: February 22, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU60771
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0351
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

Vim
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Enterprise Storage
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
macOS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
Ubuntu
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Realtime Extension
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Fedora
VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
Isolation Segment
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
Dell Secure Connect Gateway
Dell Data Protection Central
Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Protection
Tanzu Greenplum for Kubernetes
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance
vim (Ubuntu package)
vim-debugsource
vim
gvim-debuginfo
vim-debuginfo
vim-data
vim-data-common
vim-small
vim-small-debuginfo
gvim
vim-enhanced
vim-common
vim-minimal
vim-X11
vim-filesystem
app-editors/gvim
app-editors/vim
app-editors/vim-core
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager
Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR)
EMC ViPR SRM
Dell EMC Unity VSA Operating Environment (OE)
Dell EMC Unity XT Operating Environment (OE)
Dell EMC Unity Operating Environment (OE)
RecoverPoint for VMs
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance

How to mitigate CVE-2022-0351

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vim - update to 8.2.4206
Tanzu Greenplum for Kubernetes - update to 2.0.0
macOS - addressed in versions 12.6 21G115, 13.0 22A380
vim (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:7.4.16893ubuntu1.5+esm5, 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13, 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.14, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.7
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager - addressed in versions 2.9.41, 2.10.43, 3.0.8
Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR) - update to 4.9.0.0
EMC ViPR SRM - update to 4.9.0.0
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data - update to 5.0.1
Dell EMC Unity VSA Operating Environment (OE) - update to 5.2.0.0.5.173
Dell EMC Unity XT Operating Environment (OE) - update to 5.2.0.0.5.173
Dell EMC Unity Operating Environment (OE) - update to 5.2.0.0.5.173
Dell Secure Connect Gateway - update to 5.14.00.16
RecoverPoint for VMs - update to 6.0.SP1.P1
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance - addressed in versions 7.0.372, 8.0.000
vim-debugsource - addressed in versions 8.0.1568-5.17.1, 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
vim - addressed in versions 8.0.1568-5.17.1, 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
gvim-debuginfo - addressed in versions 8.0.1568-5.17.1, 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
vim-debuginfo - addressed in versions 8.0.1568-5.17.1, 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
vim-data - addressed in versions 8.0.1568-5.17.1, 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
vim-data-common - addressed in versions 8.0.1568-5.17.1, 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
vim-small - addressed in versions 8.0.1568-5.17.1, 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1
vim-small-debuginfo - addressed in versions 8.0.1568-5.17.1, 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1
gvim - addressed in versions 8.0.1568-5.17.1, 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
vim-enhanced - update to 8.2-16
vim - update to 8.2-16
vim-common - update to 8.2-16
vim-debugsource - update to 8.2-16
vim-debuginfo - update to 8.2-16
vim-minimal - update to 8.2-16
vim-X11 - update to 8.2-16
vim-filesystem - update to 8.2-16
vim - addressed in versions 8.2.4232-1.fc34, 8.2.4232-1.fc35
app-editors/gvim - update to 9.0.0060
app-editors/vim - update to 9.0.0060
app-editors/vim-core - update to 9.0.0060
vim - update to 9.0.1160-1.1
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance - update to 13.1.0.2.29

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