CentOS 9 : vim-8.2.2637-20.el9

high Nessus Plugin ID 191193

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update for vim-X11.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the vim-8.2.2637-20.el9 build changelog.

- no check if the return value of XChangeGC() is NULL (CVE-2022-47024)

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 CentOS 9 Stream vim-X11 package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=30143

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 191193

File Name: centos9_vim-8_2_2637-20.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/29/2024

Updated: 4/26/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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: cpe:/a:centos:centos:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:vim-x11, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:vim-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:vim-enhanced, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:vim-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:vim-minimal

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/9/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/20/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-47024

IAVB: 2023-B-0018-S