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Amazon Linux AMI : vim (ALAS-2016-779)

high Nessus Plugin ID 95935

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

A vulnerability was found in vim in how certain modeline options were treated. An attacker could craft a file that, when opened in vim with modelines enabled, could execute arbitrary commands with privileges of the user running vim. (modelines are disabled by default for root, and enabled by default for other users.)

Solution

Run 'yum update vim' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2016-779.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 95935

File Name: ala_ALAS-2016-779.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/20/2016

Updated: 1/8/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-1248

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-enhanced, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-minimal

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/19/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1248

ALAS: 2016-779