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A vim security update has been released for Slackware 15.0 and -current.



slackware-security: vim (SSA:2022-089-01)



[slackware-security] vim (SSA:2022-089-01)

New vim packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix a security issue.

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/vim-8.2.4649-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
Fixes a use-after-free in utf_ptr2char in vim/vim prior to 8.2.4646.
This vulnerability is capable of crashing software, bypassing protection
mechanisms, modifying memory, and possibly execution of arbitrary code.
Thanks to marav for the heads-up.
For more information, see:
  https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-1154
  https://huntr.dev/bounties/7f0ec6bc-ea0e-45b0-8128-caac72d23425
  https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/b55986c52d4cd88a22d0b0b0e8a79547ba13e1d5
(* Security fix *)
patches/packages/vim-gvim-8.2.4649-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
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Where to find the new packages:
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Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(  http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)

Also see the "Get Slack" section on   http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated packages for Slackware 15.0:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/vim-8.2.4649-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/vim-gvim-8.2.4649-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated packages for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/vim-8.2.4649-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/vim-gvim-8.2.4649-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated packages for Slackware -current:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/ap/vim-8.2.4649-i586-1.txz
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/vim-gvim-8.2.4649-i586-1.txz

Updated packages for Slackware x86_64 -current:
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/ap/vim-8.2.4649-x86_64-1.txz
  ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/xap/vim-gvim-8.2.4649-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 packages:
e256ba90d3a861c2d0ae52b2c0078498 vim-8.2.4649-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
d5bd26402ae3338284f509b5f6ade6c9 vim-gvim-8.2.4649-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 packages:
df88ffc4da35ce29ddc0be2c8e30de84 vim-8.2.4649-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
ff9f02cd841e6eb5ea55c3a51d33b983 vim-gvim-8.2.4649-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current packages:
5870187dd239ac2b09c0f42542dfb8ae ap/vim-8.2.4649-i586-1.txz
69a20480ac90589d0aadc1958a952d32 xap/vim-gvim-8.2.4649-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current packages:
eda2009b0296ed29ba735394c34f1419 ap/vim-8.2.4649-x86_64-1.txz
a4fd425ca055db0e1ac4b18fb002bbfe xap/vim-gvim-8.2.4649-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the packages as root:
# upgradepkg vim-8.2.4649-i586-1_slack15.0.txz vim-gvim-8.2.4649-i586-1_slack15.0.txz