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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Vim vulnerabilities (USN-6270-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 179306

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6270-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when opening certain files. If an attacker could trick a user into opening a specially crafted file, it could cause Vim to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-2182)

 It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when deleting buffers in diff mode. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-2208)

 It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory access. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the corruption of sensitive information, a crash, or arbitrary code execution. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-2210)

 It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when using nested :source. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
 (CVE-2022-2231)

 It was discovered that Vim did not properly perform bounds checks when processing a menu item with the only modifier. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-2257)

 It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when opening certain files. If an attacker could trick a user into opening a specially crafted

 file, it could cause Vim to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-2264, CVE-2022-2284, CVE-2022-2289)

 It was discovered that Vim did not properly perform bounds checks when going over the end of the typahead.
 An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-2285)

 It was discovered that Vim did not properly perform bounds checks when reading the provided string. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-2286)

 It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when adding words with a control character to the internal spell word list. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
 (CVE-2022-2287)

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-6270-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 179306

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6270-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/3/2023

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-2022-2289

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: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gtk-py2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-runtime, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-nox, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-tiny, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xxd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gtk3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gnome, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-athena, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, 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-lesstif, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-nox-py2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gtk, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gtk3-py2

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: 8/3/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/23/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2182, CVE-2022-2208, CVE-2022-2210, CVE-2022-2231, CVE-2022-2257, CVE-2022-2264, CVE-2022-2284, CVE-2022-2285, CVE-2022-2286, CVE-2022-2287, CVE-2022-2289

IAVB: 2022-B-0049-S

USN: 6270-1