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Oracle Linux 8 : vim (ELSA-2022-0894)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 158968

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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-2022-0894 advisory.

 - CVE-2022-0361 vim: Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository
 - CVE-2022-0413 vim: use after free in src/ex_cmds.c
 - CVE-2022-0413 vim: use after free in src/ex_cmds.c
 - CVE-2022-0392 vim: heap-based buffer overflow in getexmodeline() in ex_getln.c
 - CVE-2022-0392 vim: heap-based buffer overflow in getexmodeline() in ex_getln.c
 - CVE-2022-0359 vim: heap-based buffer overflow in init_ccline() in ex_getln.c
 - fix test suite after fix for CVE-2022-0318
 - CVE-2022-0261 vim: Heap-based Buffer Overflow in block_insert() in src/ops.c

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-2022-0894.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 158968

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2022-0894.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/16/2022

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-0318

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/16/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/18/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-0261, CVE-2022-0318, CVE-2022-0359, CVE-2022-0361, CVE-2022-0392, CVE-2022-0413