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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Vim vulnerabilities (USN-5458-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 161790

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5458-1 advisory.

 - vim is vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read (CVE-2021-4193)

 - vim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CVE-2022-0213)

 - Out-of-bounds Read in vim/vim prior to 8.2. (CVE-2022-0319)

 - Access of Memory Location Before Start of Buffer in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.
 (CVE-2022-0351)

 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2. (CVE-2022-0359, CVE-2022-0361)

 - Out-of-bounds Read in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2. (CVE-2022-0368)

 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2. (CVE-2022-0408)

 - Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2. (CVE-2022-0443)

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.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5458-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 161790

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5458-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/2/2022

Updated: 7/10/2023

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-0443

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gui-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-tiny, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gtk3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-runtime, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-athena, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-athena-py2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-common, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gtk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-nox-py2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gnome-py2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gtk3-py2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-nox, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gnome, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gtk-py2

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: 6/2/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/31/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-4193, CVE-2022-0213, CVE-2022-0319, CVE-2022-0351, CVE-2022-0359, CVE-2022-0361, CVE-2022-0368, CVE-2022-0408, CVE-2022-0443

USN: 5458-1