Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0126: vim (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0126)

high Nessus Plugin ID 236532

Synopsis

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2022:0126 advisory.

Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

CVE-2022-1621:
Heap buffer overflow in vim_strncpy find_word in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4919. This vulnerability is capable of crashing software, Bypass Protection Mechanism, Modify Memory, and possible remote execution

CVE-2022-1629:
Buffer Over-read in function find_next_quote in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 8.2.4925. This vulnerabilities are capable of crashing software, Modify Memory, and possible remote execution

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud Linux 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: High

ID: 236532

File Name: alinux3_sa_2022-0126.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Alibaba Cloud Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/14/2025

Updated: 5/14/2025

Supported Sensors: 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-2022-1629

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:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:vim-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:vim-minimal, cpe:/o:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:vim-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:vim-minimal-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:vim-x11-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:vim-x11, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:vim-enhanced, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:vim-enhanced-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:vim-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:vim-common, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:vim-common-debuginfo

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/6/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/9/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1621, CVE-2022-1629

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