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Amazon Linux 2 : vim (ALAS-2023-2005)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 173910

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2005 advisory.

 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1376. (CVE-2023-1170)

 - Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1378. (CVE-2023-1175)

 - NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1392. (CVE-2023-1264)

 - NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1402. (CVE-2023-1355)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Run 'yum update vim' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-2005.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-1170.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-1175.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-1264.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-1355.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 173910

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2005.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/5/2023

Updated: 4/19/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-1175

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-data, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-x11, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-minimal, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-enhanced, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-debuginfo

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/30/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-1170, CVE-2023-1175, CVE-2023-1264, CVE-2023-1355