RLSA-2021:4517

Source
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2021:4517
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2021:4517.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2021:4517
Related
Published
2021-11-09T13:22:45Z
Modified
2023-02-02T14:11:24.254082Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Moderate: vim security update
Details

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.

References
Credits
    • Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
    • Red Hat

Affected packages

Rocky Linux:8 / vim

Package

Name
vim
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/vim?distro=rocky-linux-8-5-legacy&epoch=2

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:8.0.1763-16.el8