Low: vim

Issue Overview:

The severity level was changed from Medium to Low.

NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 20d161ace307e28690229b68584f2d84556f8960. (CVE-2023-5441)

Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to v9.0.2010. (CVE-2023-5535)

Affected Packages:

vim

Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.

Issue Correction:
Run yum update vim to update your system.

New Packages:

aarch64:  
    vim-common-9.0.1882-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64  
    vim-minimal-9.0.1882-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64  
    vim-enhanced-9.0.1882-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64  
    vim-X11-9.0.1882-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64  
    xxd-9.0.1882-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64  
    vim-debuginfo-9.0.1882-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64  
  
i686:  
    vim-common-9.0.1882-1.amzn2.0.3.i686  
    vim-minimal-9.0.1882-1.amzn2.0.3.i686  
    vim-enhanced-9.0.1882-1.amzn2.0.3.i686  
    vim-X11-9.0.1882-1.amzn2.0.3.i686  
    xxd-9.0.1882-1.amzn2.0.3.i686  
    vim-debuginfo-9.0.1882-1.amzn2.0.3.i686  
  
noarch:  
    vim-filesystem-9.0.1882-1.amzn2.0.3.noarch  
    vim-data-9.0.1882-1.amzn2.0.3.noarch  
  
src:  
    vim-9.0.1882-1.amzn2.0.3.src  
  
x86_64:  
    vim-common-9.0.1882-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64  
    vim-minimal-9.0.1882-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64  
    vim-enhanced-9.0.1882-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64  
    vim-X11-9.0.1882-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64  
    xxd-9.0.1882-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64  
    vim-debuginfo-9.0.1882-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2023-5441, CVE-2023-5535

Mitre: CVE-2023-5441, CVE-2023-5535