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Amazon Linux AMI : vim (ALAS-2023-1837)

2023-10-0600:00:00
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amazon linux ami
security update
vim
alas-2023-1837
cve-2023-4733
cve-2023-4750
cve-2023-4752
use after free
github repository
nessus
yum update

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

23.6%

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS-2023-1837 advisory.

  • Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1840. (CVE-2023-4733)

  • Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1857. (CVE-2023-4750)

  • Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1858. (CVE-2023-4752)

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

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory ALAS-2023-1837.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(182715);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/10/09");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-4733", "CVE-2023-4750", "CVE-2023-4752");

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux AMI : vim (ALAS-2023-1837)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS-2023-1837 advisory.

  - Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1840. (CVE-2023-4733)

  - Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1857. (CVE-2023-4750)

  - Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1858. (CVE-2023-4752)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2023-1837.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-4733.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-4750.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-4752.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'yum update vim' to update your system.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-4752");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/09/04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/09/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/10/06");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-common");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-data");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-enhanced");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-filesystem");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-minimal");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:xxd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}

include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

var alas_release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(alas_release) || !strlen(alas_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d+|-\d+)", string:alas_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "A")
{
  if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux AMI", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}

if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'vim-common-9.0.1712-1.83.amzn1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'vim-common-9.0.1712-1.83.amzn1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'vim-data-9.0.1712-1.83.amzn1', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'vim-debuginfo-9.0.1712-1.83.amzn1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'vim-debuginfo-9.0.1712-1.83.amzn1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'vim-enhanced-9.0.1712-1.83.amzn1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'vim-enhanced-9.0.1712-1.83.amzn1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'vim-filesystem-9.0.1712-1.83.amzn1', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'vim-minimal-9.0.1712-1.83.amzn1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'vim-minimal-9.0.1712-1.83.amzn1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'xxd-9.0.1712-1.83.amzn1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'xxd-9.0.1712-1.83.amzn1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'ALA', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var reference = NULL;
  var _release = NULL;
  var sp = NULL;
  var _cpu = NULL;
  var el_string = NULL;
  var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
  var epoch = NULL;
  var allowmaj = NULL;
  var exists_check = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['epoch'])) epoch = package_array['epoch'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
  if (reference && _release && (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check))) {
    if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "vim-common / vim-data / vim-debuginfo / etc");
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
amazonlinuxvim-commonp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-common
amazonlinuxvim-datap-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-data
amazonlinuxvim-debuginfop-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-debuginfo
amazonlinuxvim-enhancedp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-enhanced
amazonlinuxvim-filesystemp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-filesystem
amazonlinuxvim-minimalp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-minimal
amazonlinuxxxdp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:xxd
amazonlinuxcpe:/o:amazon:linux

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

23.6%