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HistoryJan 10, 2022 - 12:00 a.m.

Photon OS 3.0: Vim PHSA-2022-3.0-0338

2022-01-1000:00:00
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7.6 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

An update of the vim package has been released.

  • vim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CVE-2021-3973)

  • vim is vulnerable to Use After Free (CVE-2021-3974)

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
##
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from VMware Security Advisory PHSA-2022-3.0-0338. The text
# itself is copyright (C) VMware, Inc.
##

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(156589);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/11/21");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2021-3973", "CVE-2021-3974");

  script_name(english:"Photon OS 3.0: Vim PHSA-2022-3.0-0338");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"An update of the vim package has been released.

  - vim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CVE-2021-3973)

  - vim is vulnerable to Use After Free (CVE-2021-3974)");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Updates-3.0-338.md");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected Linux packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/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-2021-3973");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-3974");

  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:"2021/11/19");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/12/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2022/01/10");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:vim");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:3.0");
  script_end_attributes();

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

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2022-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

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

  exit(0);
}

include('audit.inc');
include('global_settings.inc');
include('rpm.inc');

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

var release = get_kb_item('Host/PhotonOS/release');
if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^VMware Photon") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'PhotonOS');
if (release !~ "^VMware Photon (?:Linux|OS) 3\.0(\D|$)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'PhotonOS 3.0');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/PhotonOS/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'PhotonOS', cpu);

var flag = 0;

if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-3.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'vim-8.2.3408-7.ph3')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-3.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'vim-extra-8.2.3408-7.ph3')) 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');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
vmwarephotonosvimp-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:vim
vmwarephotonos3.0cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:3.0