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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Vim vulnerabilities (USN-5775-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 168642

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5775-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Vim uses freed memory in recurisve substitution of specially crafted patterns. An attacker could possbly use this to crash Vim and cause denial of service. (CVE-2022-2345)

 It was discovered that Vim makes illegal memory calls when patterns start with an illegal byte. An attacker could possibly use this to crash Vim, access or modify memory, or execute arbitrary commands.
 (CVE-2022-2581)

 It was discovered that Vim could be made to crash when parsing invalid line numbers. An attacker could possbly use this to crash Vim and cause denial of service. (CVE-2022-3099)

 It was discovered that Vim uses freed memory when autocmd changes a mark. An attacker could possbly use this to crash Vim and cause denial of service. (CVE-2022-3256)

 It was discovered the Vim uses an incorrect array index when window width is negative. A local attacker could possbly use this to crash Vim and cause denial of service. (CVE-2022-3324)

 It was discoverd that certain buffers could be sent to the wrong window. An attacker with local access could use this to send messages to the wrong window. (CVE-2022-3591)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5775-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 168642

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5775-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/12/2022

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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-2022-2345

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-2022-3591

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-nox, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gtk-py2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-tiny, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-athena, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-runtime, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gtk3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gtk3-py2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gtk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-athena-py2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gnome-py2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gui-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gnome, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-nox-py2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-common

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/12/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/8/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2345, CVE-2022-2581, CVE-2022-3099, CVE-2022-3256, CVE-2022-3324, CVE-2022-3591

IAVB: 2022-B-0049-S, 2022-B-0058-S, 2023-B-0016-S

USN: 5775-1