Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Vim vulnerabilities (USN-6420-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 182769

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6420-1 advisory.

- Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0483. (CVE-2022-3234)

- Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0490. (CVE-2022-3235)

- Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0530. (CVE-2022-3256)

- NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0552. (CVE-2022-3278)

- Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0579. (CVE-2022-3297)

- Stack-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0598. (CVE-2022-3324)

- Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0614. (CVE-2022-3352)

- Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0742. (CVE-2022-3491)

- Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0765. (CVE-2022-3520)

- Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0789. (CVE-2022-3591)

- A vulnerability was found in vim and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function qf_update_buffer of the file quickfix.c of the component autocmd Handler. The manipulation leads to use after free. The attack may be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 9.0.0805 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is d0fab10ed2a86698937e3c3fed2f10bd9bb5e731. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-212324. (CVE-2022-3705)

- Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0882. (CVE-2022-4292)

- Floating Point Comparison with Incorrect Operator in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0804.
(CVE-2022-4293)

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: 182769

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6420-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks

Published: 10/9/2023

Updated: 10/9/2023

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: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3520

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: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-lesstif, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-athena, 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/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/9/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/17/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3234, CVE-2022-3235, CVE-2022-3256, CVE-2022-3278, CVE-2022-3297, CVE-2022-3324, CVE-2022-3352, CVE-2022-3491, CVE-2022-3520, CVE-2022-3591, CVE-2022-3705, CVE-2022-4292, CVE-2022-4293

IAVB: 2022-B-0049-S, 2022-B-0058-S, 2023-B-0016-S

USN: 6420-1

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