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Photon OS 3.0: Vim PHSA-2022-3.0-0338

high Nessus Plugin ID 156589

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-2021-3973)

 - vim is vulnerable to Use After Free (CVE-2021-3974)

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Updates-3.0-338.md

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 156589

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2022-3_0-0338_vim.nasl

Version: 1.4

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: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3973

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-2021-3974

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: 12/8/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/19/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3973, CVE-2021-3974