7.5 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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
0.01 Low
EPSS
Percentile
84.0%
It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain sources. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM, Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (CVE-2017-11109)
It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
(CVE-2017-5953)
It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.06 LTS. (CVE-2018-20786)
It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 19.10. (CVE-2019-20079)
It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM, Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-6349, CVE-2017-6350).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4309-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
#
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(134856);
script_version("1.6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/10/20");
script_cve_id(
"CVE-2017-11109",
"CVE-2017-5953",
"CVE-2017-6349",
"CVE-2017-6350",
"CVE-2018-20786",
"CVE-2019-20079"
);
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"4309-1");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Vim vulnerabilities (USN-4309-1)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain sources. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM, Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu
16.04 LTS (CVE-2017-11109)
It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain files. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
(CVE-2017-5953)
It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain inputs. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.06 LTS. (CVE-2018-20786)
It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain inputs. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or
execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 19.10. (CVE-2019-20079)
It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain files. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM, Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu
16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-6349, CVE-2017-6350).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4309-1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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-2017-6350");
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:"2017/02/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/03/23");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/03/24");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-athena");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-athena-py2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-common");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gnome");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gnome-py2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gtk");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gtk-py2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gtk3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gtk3-py2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gui-common");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-lesstif");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-nox");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-nox-py2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-runtime");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-tiny");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xxd");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2020-2023 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2020-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include('debian_package.inc');
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(os_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
os_release = chomp(os_release);
if (! ('16.04' >< os_release || '18.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 16.04 / 18.04', 'Ubuntu ' + os_release);
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/Debian/dpkg-l') ) 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$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Ubuntu', cpu);
var pkgs = [
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'vim', 'pkgver': '2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.4'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'vim-athena', 'pkgver': '2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.4'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'vim-athena-py2', 'pkgver': '2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.4'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'vim-common', 'pkgver': '2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.4'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'vim-gnome', 'pkgver': '2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.4'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'vim-gnome-py2', 'pkgver': '2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.4'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'vim-gtk', 'pkgver': '2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.4'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'vim-gtk-py2', 'pkgver': '2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.4'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'vim-gtk3', 'pkgver': '2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.4'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'vim-gtk3-py2', 'pkgver': '2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.4'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'vim-gui-common', 'pkgver': '2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.4'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'vim-nox', 'pkgver': '2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.4'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'vim-nox-py2', 'pkgver': '2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.4'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'vim-runtime', 'pkgver': '2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.4'},
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'vim-tiny', 'pkgver': '2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.4'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'vim', 'pkgver': '2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.3'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'vim-athena', 'pkgver': '2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.3'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'vim-common', 'pkgver': '2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.3'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'vim-gnome', 'pkgver': '2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.3'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'vim-gtk', 'pkgver': '2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.3'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'vim-gtk3', 'pkgver': '2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.3'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'vim-gui-common', 'pkgver': '2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.3'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'vim-nox', 'pkgver': '2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.3'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'vim-runtime', 'pkgver': '2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.3'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'vim-tiny', 'pkgver': '2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.3'},
{'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'xxd', 'pkgver': '2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.3'}
];
var flag = 0;
foreach package_array ( pkgs ) {
var osver = NULL;
var pkgname = NULL;
var pkgver = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['osver'])) osver = package_array['osver'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgname'])) pkgname = package_array['pkgname'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgver'])) pkgver = package_array['pkgver'];
if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
if (ubuntu_check(osver:osver, pkgname:pkgname, pkgver:pkgver)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : ubuntu_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'vim / vim-athena / vim-athena-py2 / vim-common / vim-gnome / etc');
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
canonical | ubuntu_linux | vim-gtk-py2 | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gtk-py2 |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | vim | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | vim-runtime | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-runtime |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | vim-common | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-common |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | vim-nox | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-nox |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | vim-tiny | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-tiny |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | 18.04 | cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | xxd | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xxd |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | vim-gtk3 | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gtk3 |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | vim-gnome | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-gnome |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11109
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5953
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6349
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6350
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-20786
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-20079
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4309-1
7.5 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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
0.01 Low
EPSS
Percentile
84.0%