RHEL 8 : vim (RHSA-2022:0894)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 158947

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for vim.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:0894 advisory.

- vim: Heap-based buffer overflow in block_insert() in src/ops.c (CVE-2022-0261)

- vim: Heap-based buffer overflow in utf_head_off() in mbyte.c (CVE-2022-0318)

- vim: Heap-based buffer overflow in init_ccline() in ex_getln.c (CVE-2022-0359)

- vim: Illegal memory access when copying lines in visual mode leads to heap buffer overflow (CVE-2022-0361)

- vim: Heap-based buffer overflow in getexmodeline() in ex_getln.c (CVE-2022-0392)

- vim: Use after free in src/ex_cmds.c (CVE-2022-0413)

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 RHEL vim package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:0894.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 158947

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-0894.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 3/15/2022

Updated: 4/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:vim, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:vim-x11, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:vim-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:vim-enhanced, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:vim-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:vim-minimal

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/18/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-0261, CVE-2022-0318, CVE-2022-0359, CVE-2022-0361, CVE-2022-0392, CVE-2022-0413

CWE: 122, 416, 787

RHSA: 2022:0894

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