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AlmaLinux 8 : vim (ALSA-2021:4517)

high Nessus Plugin ID 157540

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2021:4517 advisory.

 - vim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CVE-2021-3778)

 - vim is vulnerable to Use After Free (CVE-2021-3796)

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 packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2021-4517.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 157540

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2021-4517.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 2/9/2022

Updated: 11/13/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, 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-2021-3796

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3778

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/15/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3778, CVE-2021-3796