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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Vim vulnerabilities (USN-6195-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 177891

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6195-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Vim contained an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or

 execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-0128)

 It was discovered that Vim did not properly manage memory when freeing allocated memory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-0156)

 It was discovered that Vim contained a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-0158)

 It was discovered that Vim did not properly manage memory when recording and using select mode. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-0393)

 It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain memory operations during a visual block yank. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
 (CVE-2022-0407)

 It was discovered that Vim contained a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability when switching tabpages. An attacker could possible use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-0696)

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-6195-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 177891

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6195-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/3/2023

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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-2022-0407

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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-nox, 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:xxd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-runtime, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gtk3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gtk, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gui-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-common

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/3/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/6/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-0128, CVE-2022-0156, CVE-2022-0158, CVE-2022-0393, CVE-2022-0407, CVE-2022-0696

USN: 6195-1