The remote Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6420-1 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-2022-3235, CVE-2022-3278, CVE-2022-3297,     CVE-2022-3491)

    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 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
    (CVE-2022-3352, CVE-2022-4292)

    It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when replacing in virtualedit mode. An attacker     could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS,     Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-3234)

    It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when autocmd changes mark. An attacker could     possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-3256)

    It was discovered that Vim did not properly perform checks on array index with negative width window. An     attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2022-3324)

    It was discovered that Vim did not properly perform checks on a put command column with a visual block. 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-2022-3520)

    It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when using autocommand to open a window. An attacker     could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-3591)

    It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled memory when updating buffer of the component autocmd     handler. 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-2022-3705)

    It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled floating point comparison with incorrect operator. 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-2022-4293)

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.

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Ubuntu 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Vim vulnerabilities (USN-6420-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 182769

Version 1.1

Version 1.0

Version 1.1 Aug 28, 2024, 7:43 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202408281943
Version 1.0 Oct 9, 2023, 5:00 PM New Plugin Feed: 202310091700