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Oracle Linux 9 : vim (ELSA-2023-0958)

high Nessus Plugin ID 171998

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2023-0958 advisory.

 - CVE-2022-47024 vim: no check if the return value of XChangeGC() is NULL
 - CVE-2022-1785 vim: Out-of-bounds Write
 - CVE-2022-1897 vim: out-of-bounds write in vim_regsub_both() in regexp.c
 - CVE-2022-1927 vim: buffer over-read in utf_ptr2char() in mbyte.c
 - CVE-2022-1621 vim: heap buffer overflow
 - CVE-2022-1629 vim: buffer over-read
 - CVE-2022-1154 vim: use after free in utf_ptr2char

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-0958.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 171998

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-0958.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/28/2023

Updated: 10/23/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-47024

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:vim-minimal, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:vim-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:vim-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:vim-enhanced, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:vim-x11

Required KB Items: Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/28/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/20/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-47024

IAVB: 2023-B-0018-S