Vim, gVim: Multiple Vulnerabilities — GLSA 202208-32

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

Affected packages

app-editors/gvim on all architectures
Affected versions < 9.0.0060
Unaffected versions >= 9.0.0060
app-editors/vim on all architectures
Affected versions < 9.0.0060
Unaffected versions >= 9.0.0060
app-editors/vim-core on all architectures
Affected versions < 9.0.0060
Unaffected versions >= 9.0.0060

Background

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

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Vim and 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-9.0.0060"
 

All gVim users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-editors/gvim-9.0.0060"
 

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

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-editors/vim-core-9.0.0060"
 

References

Release date
August 21, 2022

Latest revision
August 21, 2022: 1

Severity
low

Exploitable
remote

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