Heap-based buffer overflow in Vim - CVE-2023-5344

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Heap-based buffer overflow in Vim - CVE-2023-5344

Published: October 4, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU81486
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-2023-5344
CWE-ID: CWE-122
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 within the trunc_string() function in message.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file, trigger a 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.


Affected software

Vim
Amazon Linux AMI
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher
openSUSE Leap Micro
SUSE Enterprise Storage
macOS
Ubuntu
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
Desktop Applications Module
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Anolis OS
Fedora
Oracle Solaris
VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
Isolation Segment
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data
Redis for Pivotal Platform
xxd (Ubuntu package)
vim-gtk (Ubuntu package)
vim-tiny (Ubuntu package)
vim-nox (Ubuntu package)
vim-gtk3 (Ubuntu package)
vim-athena (Ubuntu package)
vim (Ubuntu package)
vim-debuginfo
vim-filesystem
vim-enhanced
vim
vim-debugsource
vim-common
vim-minimal
vim-X11
vim-data
vim-doc
gvim-debuginfo
gvim
vim-data-common
vim-small
vim-small-debuginfo
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager
PowerStore X
Storage Resource Manager
SmartFabric OS10
Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR)

How to mitigate CVE-2023-5344

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vim - update to 9.0.1969
macOS - addressed in versions 12.7.2 21G1974, 13.6.3 22G436, 14.2 23C64
xxd (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.20, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13, 2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.2, 2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.1
vim-gtk (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.20, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13
vim-tiny (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.20, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13, 2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.2, 2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.1
vim-nox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.20, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13, 2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.2, 2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.1
vim-gtk3 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.20, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13, 2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.2, 2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.1
vim-athena (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.20, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13, 2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.2, 2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.1
vim (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.20, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.13, 2:9.0.1000-4ubuntu3.2, 2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu2.1
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager - addressed in versions 2.10.66, 3.0.19
PowerStore X - update to 3.2.1.4-2386214
Storage Resource Manager - update to 4.10.0.3
Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR) - update to 4.10.0.3
IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data - update to 5.0.1
vim-debuginfo - update to 9.0-17
vim-filesystem - update to 9.0-17
vim-enhanced - update to 9.0-17
vim - update to 9.0-17
vim-debugsource - update to 9.0-17
vim-common - update to 9.0-17
vim-minimal - update to 9.0-17
vim-X11 - update to 9.0-17
vim - addressed in versions 9.0.1712-1.84, 9.0.1882-1
vim - addressed in versions 9.0.1984-1.fc37, 9.0.1984-1.fc38, 9.0.1984-1.fc39
vim-X11 - update to 9.0.2026-1
vim-filesystem - update to 9.0.2026-1
vim-common - update to 9.0.2026-1
vim-enhanced - update to 9.0.2026-1
vim-minimal - update to 9.0.2026-1
vim-data - update to 9.0.2026-1
vim-doc - update to 9.0.2026-1
vim-debugsource - addressed in versions 9.0.2103-17.26.1, 9.0.2103-150000.5.57.1, 9.0.2103-150500.20.6.1
vim-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.0.2103-17.26.1, 9.0.2103-150000.5.57.1, 9.0.2103-150500.20.6.1
vim - addressed in versions 9.0.2103-17.26.1, 9.0.2103-150000.5.57.1, 9.0.2103-150500.20.6.1
gvim-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.0.2103-17.26.1, 9.0.2103-150000.5.57.1, 9.0.2103-150500.20.6.1
gvim - addressed in versions 9.0.2103-17.26.1, 9.0.2103-150000.5.57.1, 9.0.2103-150500.20.6.1
vim-data - addressed in versions 9.0.2103-17.26.1, 9.0.2103-150000.5.57.1, 9.0.2103-150500.20.6.1
vim-data-common - addressed in versions 9.0.2103-17.26.1, 9.0.2103-150000.5.57.1, 9.0.2103-150500.20.6.1
vim-small - addressed in versions 9.0.2103-150000.5.57.1, 9.0.2103-150500.20.6.1
vim-small-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.0.2103-150000.5.57.1, 9.0.2103-150500.20.6.1
SmartFabric OS10 - update to 10.6.0.3
Oracle Solaris - update to 11.4 SRU 65

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