Amazon Linux AMI : vim (ALAS-2022-1557)

high Nessus Plugin ID 156877

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS-2022-1557 advisory.

- vim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CVE-2021-3903, CVE-2021-3927, CVE-2021-3968, CVE-2021-3973, CVE-2021-3984, CVE-2021-4019, CVE-2021-4136)

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

- vim is vulnerable to Use After Free (CVE-2021-3974, CVE-2021-4069, CVE-2021-4173, CVE-2021-4187)

- vim is vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read (CVE-2021-4166)

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

Solution

Run 'yum update vim' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2022-1557.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-3903.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-3927.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-3928.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-3968.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-3973.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-3974.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-3984.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-4019.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-4069.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-4136.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-4166.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-4173.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-4187.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 156877

File Name: ala_ALAS-2022-1557.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/20/2022

Updated: 11/20/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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: 8

Temporal Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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-2021-3968

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-data, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-enhanced, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-minimal, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/18/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3903, CVE-2021-3927, CVE-2021-3928, CVE-2021-3968, CVE-2021-3973, CVE-2021-3974, CVE-2021-3984, CVE-2021-4019, CVE-2021-4069, CVE-2021-4136, CVE-2021-4166, CVE-2021-4173, CVE-2021-4187, CVE-2021-4192, CVE-2021-4193

ALAS: 2022-1557