Advisory Published

USN-4309-1: Vim vulnerabilities

First published: Mon Mar 23 2020(Updated: )

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain sources. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM, Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (CVE-2017-11109) 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 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-5953) It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.06 LTS. (CVE-2018-20786) It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 19.10. (CVE-2019-20079) 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 12.04 ESM, Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-6349, CVE-2017-6350)

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
All of
ubuntu/vim<2:8.1.0875-5ubuntu2.1
2:8.1.0875-5ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=19.10
All of
ubuntu/vim-common<2:8.1.0875-5ubuntu2.1
2:8.1.0875-5ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=19.10
All of
ubuntu/vim-gui-common<2:8.1.0875-5ubuntu2.1
2:8.1.0875-5ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=19.10
All of
ubuntu/vim-runtime<2:8.1.0875-5ubuntu2.1
2:8.1.0875-5ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=19.10
All of
ubuntu/vim<2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.3
2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.3
Ubuntu Ubuntu=18.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-common<2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.3
2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.3
Ubuntu Ubuntu=18.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-gui-common<2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.3
2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.3
Ubuntu Ubuntu=18.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-runtime<2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.3
2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.3
Ubuntu Ubuntu=18.04
All of
ubuntu/vim<2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.4
2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.4
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-common<2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.4
2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.4
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-gui-common<2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.4
2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.4
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-runtime<2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.4
2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.4
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04
All of
ubuntu/vim<2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm1
2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=14.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-common<2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm1
2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=14.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-gui-common<2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm1
2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=14.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-runtime<2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm1
2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=14.04
All of
ubuntu/vim<2:7.3.429-2ubuntu2.3
2:7.3.429-2ubuntu2.3
Ubuntu Ubuntu=12.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-common<2:7.3.429-2ubuntu2.3
2:7.3.429-2ubuntu2.3
Ubuntu Ubuntu=12.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-gui-common<2:7.3.429-2ubuntu2.3
2:7.3.429-2ubuntu2.3
Ubuntu Ubuntu=12.04
All of
ubuntu/vim-runtime<2:7.3.429-2ubuntu2.3
2:7.3.429-2ubuntu2.3
Ubuntu Ubuntu=12.04

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