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Oracle Linux 8 : vim (ELSA-2022-5319)

high Nessus Plugin ID 162677

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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-2022-5319 advisory.

 - CVE-2022-1621 vim: heap buffer overflow
 - CVE-2022-1629 vim: buffer over-read
 - CVE-2022-1154 vim: use after free in utf_ptr2char
 - CVE-2022-0361 vim: Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository
 - CVE-2022-0392 vim: heap-based buffer overflow in getexmodeline() in ex_getln.c
 - CVE-2022-0413 vim: use after free in src/ex_cmds.c
 - fix test suite after fix for CVE-2022-0318
 - CVE-2022-0359 vim: heap-based buffer overflow in init_ccline() in ex_getln.c
 - CVE-2022-0261 vim: Heap-based Buffer Overflow in block_insert() in src/ops.c
 - CVE-2022-0318 vim: heap-based buffer overflow in utf_head_off() in mbyte.c
 - 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-2022-5319.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 162677

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2022-5319.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/1/2022

Updated: 10/23/2024

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-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: 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: 7/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/10/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1621, CVE-2022-1629