Photon OS 4.0: Vim PHSA-2021-4.0-0101

high Nessus Plugin ID 153502

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the vim package has been released.

- vim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CVE-2021-3770)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Updates-4.0-101.md

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 153502

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2021-4_0-0101_vim.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 9/21/2021

Updated: 11/30/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3770

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:vim, cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:4.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/PhotonOS/release, Host/PhotonOS/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/16/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/6/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3770