GLSA 202305-16: Vim, gVim: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity:low
Title:Vim, gVim: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date:05/03/2023
Bugs: #851231, #861092, #869359, #879257, #883681, #889730
ID:202305-16

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Vim, the worst of which could result in denial of service.

Background

Vim is an efficient, highly configurable improved version of the classic ‘vi’ text editor. gVim is the GUI version of Vim.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
app-editors/vim-core < 9.0.1157 >= 9.0.1157 All supported architectures
app-editors/vim < 9.0.1157 >= 9.0.1157 All supported architectures
app-editors/gvim < 9.0.1157 >= 9.0.1157 All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Vim, gVim. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Vim users should upgrade to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-editors/vim-9.0.1157"
        

All gVim users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-editors/gvim-9.0.1157"

All vim-core users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-editors/vim-core-9.0.1157"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202305-16.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

Copyright 2010 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

Thank you!