USN-4016-1: Vim vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 19.04
• Ubuntu 18.10
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• vim - Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor

Details

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-5953)

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2019-12735)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 19.04

• vim - 2:8.1.0320-1ubuntu3.1
• vim-common - 2:8.1.0320-1ubuntu3.1
• vim-gui-common - 2:8.1.0320-1ubuntu3.1
• vim-runtime - 2:8.1.0320-1ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 18.10

• vim - 2:8.0.1766-1ubuntu1.1
• vim-common - 2:8.0.1766-1ubuntu1.1
• vim-gui-common - 2:8.0.1766-1ubuntu1.1
• vim-runtime - 2:8.0.1766-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 18.04

• vim - 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.1
• vim-common - 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.1
• vim-gui-common - 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.1
• vim-runtime - 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 16.04

• vim - 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.3
• vim-common - 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.3
• vim-gui-common - 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.3
• vim-runtime - 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.3

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2017-5953
• CVE-2019-12735

Related notices

• USN-4309-1: vim-athena-py2, xxd, vim-lesstif, vim-gnome, vim-gtk-py2, vim-gui-common, vim, vim-doc, vim-gnome-py2, vim-gtk, vim-nox, vim-common, vim-runtime, vim-nox-py2, vim-gtk3, vim-tiny, vim-gtk3-py2, vim-athena
• USN-4016-2: neovim-runtime, neovim
• USN-4862-1: neovim-runtime, neovim