USN-4309-1: Vim vulnerabilities
23964
11 December 2020
11 December 2020
CLOSED
LOW
CVE-2017-11109,CVE-2017-5953,CVE-2017-6349,CVE-2017-6350,CVE-2018-20786,CVE-2019-20079
Severity
Low
Vendor
Canonical Ubuntu
Versions Affected
- Canonical Ubuntu 14.04
- Canonical Ubuntu 16.04
- Canonical Ubuntu 18.04
Description
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-2017-1110)
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)
CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2017-11109, CVE-2017-5953, CVE-2017-6349, CVE-2017-6350, CVE-2018-20786, CVE-2019-20079
Affected VMware Products and Versions
Severity is low unless otherwise noted.
Vulnerable Cloud Foundry components individually listed here. Impacted stemcells may be updated independently of upgrading Tanzu Application Service or Isolation Segment.- Isolation Segment
- 2.6.x versions prior to 2.6.18
- 2.7.x versions prior to 2.7.13
- 2.8.x versions prior to 2.8.7
- 2.9.x versions prior to 2.9.1
- Operations Manager
- 2.6 versions prior to 2.6.25
- 2.7 versions prior to 2.7.15
- 2.8 versions prior to 2.8.6
- 2.9 versions prior to 2.9.1
- Tanzu Greenplum for Kubernetes
- All versions prior to 2.0.0
- VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
- 2.6.x versions prior to 2.6.19
- 2.7.x versions prior to 2.7.13
- 2.8.x versions prior to 2.8.7
- 2.9.x versions prior to 2.9.1
Mitigation
Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigation below. The Cloud Foundry security team recommends upgrading the affected OSS components listed here if applicable. Upgrade VMware Tanzu products that use earlier versions of CF components to new Tanzu releases using new versions linked above. On the Tanzu Network product page for each release, check the Depends On section and/or Release Notes for this information. Releases that have fixed this issue include:- Isolation Segment
- 2.6.18
- 2.7.13
- 2.8.7
- 2.9.1
- Operations Manager
- 2.6.25
- 2.7.15
- 2.8.6
- 2.9.1
- Tanzu Greenplum for Kubernetes
- 2.0.0
- VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
- 2.6.19
- 2.7.13
- 2.8.7
- 2.9.1
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11109
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5953
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6349
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6350
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20786
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-20079
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4309-1/
- https://cloudfoundry.org/blog/usn-4309-1
History
2020-12-11: Initial vulnerability report published.