Amazon Linux AMI update for vim



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2023-1127
CWE-ID CWE-369
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Amazon Linux AMI
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

vim
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Amazon Web Services

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Division by zero

EUVDB-ID: #VU73169

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 0.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1127

CWE-ID: CWE-369 - Divide By Zero

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a divide by zero error within the scrolldown() function in move.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file and crash the editor.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

aarch64:
    vim-enhanced-debuginfo-9.0.1367-1.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
    vim-minimal-debuginfo-9.0.1367-1.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
    vim-debuginfo-9.0.1367-1.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
    vim-common-debuginfo-9.0.1367-1.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
    vim-minimal-9.0.1367-1.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
    vim-enhanced-9.0.1367-1.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
    vim-debugsource-9.0.1367-1.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
    vim-common-9.0.1367-1.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64

noarch:
    vim-data-9.0.1367-1.amzn2023.0.1.noarch
    vim-default-editor-9.0.1367-1.amzn2023.0.1.noarch
    vim-filesystem-9.0.1367-1.amzn2023.0.1.noarch

src:
    vim-9.0.1367-1.amzn2023.0.1.src

x86_64:
    vim-enhanced-debuginfo-9.0.1367-1.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
    vim-minimal-9.0.1367-1.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
    vim-debuginfo-9.0.1367-1.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
    vim-common-debuginfo-9.0.1367-1.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
    vim-debugsource-9.0.1367-1.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
    vim-enhanced-9.0.1367-1.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
    vim-minimal-debuginfo-9.0.1367-1.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
    vim-common-9.0.1367-1.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

vim: before 9.0.1367-1.73

CPE2.3 External links

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2023-137.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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