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Fedora 34 : 2:vim (2021-968f57ec98)

high Nessus Plugin ID 154184

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 34 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2021-968f57ec98 advisory.

 - vim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CVE-2021-3778)

 - vim is vulnerable to Use After Free (CVE-2021-3796)

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 2:vim package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2021-968f57ec98

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 154184

File Name: fedora_2021-968f57ec98.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/17/2021

Updated: 11/28/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3796

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3778

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:34, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:vim

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/15/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/15/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3778, CVE-2021-3796