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Photon OS 3.0: Vim PHSA-2022-3.0-0344

high Nessus Plugin ID 156577

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-2021-3903, CVE-2021-3927)

 - vim is vulnerable to Use of Uninitialized Variable (CVE-2021-3928)

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Updates-3.0-344.md

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 156577

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2022-3_0-0344_vim.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 1/10/2022

Updated: 11/21/2023

Supported Sensors: 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-2021-3927

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3928

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:vim, cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:3.0

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: 12/16/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3903, CVE-2021-3927, CVE-2021-3928