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Oracle Linux 8 : vim (ELSA-2022-0366)

high Nessus Plugin ID 157335

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2022-0366 advisory.

 - CVE-2021-4193 vim: vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read
 - CVE-2021-4192 vim: vulnerable to Use After Free
 - 2028341 - CVE-2021-3984 vim: illegal memory access when C-indenting could lead to Heap Buffer Overflow [rhel-8.6.0]
 - 2028430 - CVE-2021-4019 vim: heap-based buffer overflow in find_help_tags() in src/help.c [rhel-8.6.0]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2022-0366.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 157335

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2022-0366.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/3/2022

Updated: 10/24/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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-2021-4192

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:oracle:linux:vim-minimal, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:vim-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:vim-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:vim-enhanced, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:vim-x11

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/3/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/19/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3872, CVE-2021-3984, CVE-2021-4019, CVE-2021-4192, CVE-2021-4193