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RHEL 9 : vim (RHSA-2022:5242)
high Nessus Plugin ID 162654
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for vim.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:5242 advisory.- vim: Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset in vim (CVE-2022-0554)
- vim: Heap-based Buffer Overflow occurs in vim (CVE-2022-0943)
- vim: use after free in utf_ptr2char (CVE-2022-1154)
- vim: Out-of-range Pointer Offset (CVE-2022-1420)
- vim: heap buffer overflow in vim_strncpy (CVE-2022-1621)
- vim: buffer over-read in function find_next_quote (CVE-2022-1629)
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 RHEL vim package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:5242.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?5fa88457
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5242
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2058483
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2064064
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2073013
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2077734
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 162654
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-5242.nasl
Version: 1.11
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 7/1/2022
Updated: 4/28/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
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-2022-1629
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: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:vim, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:vim-x11, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:vim-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:vim-enhanced, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:vim-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:vim-minimal
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/10/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-0554, CVE-2022-0943, CVE-2022-1154, CVE-2022-1420, CVE-2022-1621, CVE-2022-1629