RLSA-2021:4517
Moderate: vim security update
Topic
An update is available for vim.
This update affects Rocky Linux 8.
A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list
Description
Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.
Security Fix(es):
* vim: heap-based buffer overflow in utf_ptr2char() in mbyte.c (CVE-2021-3778)
* vim: use-after-free in nv_replace() in normal.c (CVE-2021-3796)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 8.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Rocky Linux 8
SRPMs
- vim-2:8.0.1763-16.el8.src.rpm
RPMs
- vim-debugsource-2:8.0.1763-16.el8.x86_64.rpm
- vim-common-2:8.0.1763-16.el8.aarch64.rpm
- vim-common-2:8.0.1763-16.el8.x86_64.rpm
- vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-16.el8.aarch64.rpm
- vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-16.el8.x86_64.rpm
- vim-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-16.el8.aarch64.rpm
- vim-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-16.el8.x86_64.rpm
- vim-debugsource-2:8.0.1763-16.el8.aarch64.rpm
- vim-enhanced-2:8.0.1763-16.el8.aarch64.rpm
- vim-enhanced-2:8.0.1763-16.el8.x86_64.rpm
- vim-enhanced-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-16.el8.aarch64.rpm
- vim-enhanced-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-16.el8.x86_64.rpm
- vim-filesystem-2:8.0.1763-16.el8.noarch.rpm
- vim-minimal-2:8.0.1763-16.el8.aarch64.rpm
- vim-minimal-2:8.0.1763-16.el8.x86_64.rpm
- vim-minimal-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-16.el8.aarch64.rpm
- vim-minimal-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-16.el8.x86_64.rpm
- vim-X11-2:8.0.1763-16.el8.aarch64.rpm
- vim-X11-2:8.0.1763-16.el8.x86_64.rpm
- vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-16.el8.aarch64.rpm
- vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-16.el8.x86_64.rpm
Issued: 11/9/2021
Type: Security
Severity: Moderate
Affected Product
- Rocky Linux 8
References
- No references