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Fedora 34 : 2:vim (2021-5fa81a2b04)

high Nessus Plugin ID 153093

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 34 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2021-5fa81a2b04 advisory.

 - vim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CVE-2021-3770)

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

Solution

Update the affected 2:vim package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2021-5fa81a2b04

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 153093

File Name: fedora_2021-5fa81a2b04.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2021

Updated: 12/1/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3770

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:34, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:vim

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/6/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/6/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3770