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

vim (SSA:2023-254-01)

vim (SSA:2023-254-01)

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

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/vim-9.0.1897-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
Fixed three use-after-free security issues.
Thanks to marav for the heads-up.
For more information, see:
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4733
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4752
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4750
(* Security fix *)
patches/packages/vim-gvim-9.0.1897-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
Fixed three use-after-free security issues.
Thanks to marav for the heads-up.
For more information, see:
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4733
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4752
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4750
(* Security fix *)
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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-9.0.1897-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/vim-gvim-9.0.1897-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-9.0.1897-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/vim-gvim-9.0.1897-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated packages for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/ap/vim-9.0.1897-i586-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/xap/vim-gvim-9.0.1897-i586-1.txz

Updated packages for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/ap/vim-9.0.1897-x86_64-1.txz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/xap/vim-gvim-9.0.1897-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 packages:
7b1ab1d0c7578222ac1cc1ec0d68a10d vim-9.0.1897-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
405289ec8342c6e24d8f58c92704bb05 vim-gvim-9.0.1897-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 packages:
5b55051da96a54da33abbd7cc6b5fea7 vim-9.0.1897-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
25c441b62792635381b325e61c756a7e vim-gvim-9.0.1897-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current packages:
5b4ae2a58dfb49a22a7bafef1e683931 ap/vim-9.0.1897-i586-1.txz
5cf075ec4d9acb1fa269a1e1891a3ad6 xap/vim-gvim-9.0.1897-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current packages:
6af81d6dbc909e6c1a828683a4cfc034 ap/vim-9.0.1897-x86_64-1.txz
2c830efaec198718bea605efe251698d xap/vim-gvim-9.0.1897-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the packages as root:
# upgradepkg vim-9.0.1897-i586-1_slack15.0.txz vim-gvim-9.0.1897-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

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Slackware Linux Security Team
http://slackware.com/gpg-key