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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Vim vulnerabilities (USN-5247-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 157143

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 21.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5247-1 advisory.

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

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

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 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5247-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 157143

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5247-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/27/2022

Updated: 10/16/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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: 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-2021-4069

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-athena, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gnome, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gtk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gtk3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gui-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-nox, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-runtime, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-tiny, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xxd

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/27/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/19/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3973, CVE-2021-3974, CVE-2021-3984, CVE-2021-4019, CVE-2021-4069

USN: 5247-1