Debian DLA-1030-1 : vim security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 101791

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Vim 8.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted source (aka
-S) file.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 2:7.3.547-7+deb7u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your vim packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/07/msg00023.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/vim

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 101791

File Name: debian_DLA-1030.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/19/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vim, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vim-athena, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vim-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vim-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vim-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vim-gnome, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vim-gtk, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vim-gui-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vim-lesstif, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vim-nox, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vim-runtime, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vim-tiny, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 7/18/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11109