vim 8.2.2348 is affected by null pointer dereference, allows local attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) via the ex_buffer_all method.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - vim 8.2.2348 is affected by null pointer dereference, allows local attackers to cause a denial of service     (DoS) via the ex_buffer_all method. (CVE-2021-3236)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2266 advisory.

    vim 8.2.2348 is affected by null pointer dereference, allows local attackers to cause a denial of service     (DoS) via the ex_buffer_all method. (CVE-2021-3236)

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

    Integer Overflow or Wraparound in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1846. (CVE-2023-4734)

    Out-of-bounds Write in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1847. (CVE-2023-4735)

    Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1848. (CVE-2023-4738)

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

    Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1331. (CVE-2023-4751)

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

    Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1873. (CVE-2023-4781)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS-2023-1826 advisory.

    vim 8.2.2348 is affected by null pointer dereference, allows local attackers to cause a denial of service     (DoS) via the ex_buffer_all method. (CVE-2021-3236)

    Integer Overflow or Wraparound in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1846. (CVE-2023-4734)

    Out-of-bounds Write in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1847. (CVE-2023-4735)

    Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1848. (CVE-2023-4738)

    Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1331. (CVE-2023-4751)

    Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1873. (CVE-2023-4781)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
223929	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-3236	Nessus	Misc.	medium
182631	Amazon Linux 2 : vim (ALAS-2023-2266)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
181851	Amazon Linux AMI : vim (ALAS-2023-1826)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high

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