SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : vim (SUSE-SU-2022:0736-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 158593

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:0736-1 advisory.

- CVE-2022-0318: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow (bsc#1195004).
- CVE-2021-3796: Fixed use-after-free in nv_replace() in normal.c (bsc#1190570).
- CVE-2021-3872: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow in win_redr_status() drawscreen.c (bsc#1191893).
- CVE-2021-3927: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow (bsc#1192481).
- CVE-2021-3928: Fixed stack-based buffer overflow (bsc#1192478).
- CVE-2021-4019: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow (bsc#1193294).
- CVE-2021-3984: Fixed illegal memory access when C-indenting could have led to heap buffer overflow (bsc#1193298).
- CVE-2021-3778: Fixed heap-based buffer overflow in regexp_nfa.c (bsc#1190533).
- CVE-2021-4193: Fixed out-of-bounds read (bsc#1194216).
- CVE-2021-46059: Fixed pointer dereference vulnerability via the vim_regexec_multi function at regexp.c (bsc#1194556).
- CVE-2022-0319: Fixded out-of-bounds read (bsc#1195066).
- CVE-2022-0351: Fixed uncontrolled recursion in eval7() (bsc#1195126).
- CVE-2022-0361: Fixed buffer overflow (bsc#1195126).
- CVE-2022-0413: Fixed use-after-free in src/ex_cmds.c (bsc#1195356).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 158593

File Name: suse_SU-2022-0736-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 3/5/2022

Updated: 9/24/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-0318

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gvim, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:vim-small, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:vim-data, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:vim-data-common, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:vim

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/4/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/15/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3778, CVE-2021-3796, CVE-2021-3872, CVE-2021-3927, CVE-2021-3928, CVE-2021-3984, CVE-2021-4019, CVE-2021-4193, CVE-2022-0318, CVE-2022-0319, CVE-2022-0351, CVE-2022-0361, CVE-2022-0413

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:0736-1

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