Product Errata

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.

Issued: 11/9/2021

Type: Security

Severity: Moderate

Affected Product

  • Rocky Linux 8

References

  • No references