Amazon Linux AMI : vim (ALAS-2023-1837)

high Nessus Plugin ID 182715

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-2023-1837 advisory.

- Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1840. (CVE-2023-4733)

- Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1857. (CVE-2023-4750)

- Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1858. (CVE-2023-4752)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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/faqs.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2023-1837.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-4733.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-4750.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-4752.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 182715

File Name: ala_ALAS-2023-1837.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/6/2023

Updated: 10/9/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-4752

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:amazon:linux:vim-minimal, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:xxd, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, 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

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: 9/27/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-4733, CVE-2023-4750, CVE-2023-4752