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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Vim vulnerabilities (USN-6965-1)

2024-08-2100:00:00
Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
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ubuntu 14.04 lts
vim
vulnerabilities
usn-6965-1
parsing filenames
memory handling
denial of service
code execution

CVSS2

9.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS3

7.8

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

AI Score

9.6

Confidence

High

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6965-1 advisory.

It was discovered that vim incorrectly handled parsing of filenames in its search functionality. If a user     was tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could crash the application, leading to a     denial of service. (CVE-2021-3973)

It was discovered that vim incorrectly handled memory when opening and searching the contents of certain     files. If a user was tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could crash the     application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly achieve code execution with user privileges.
(CVE-2021-3974)

It was discovered that vim incorrectly handled memory when opening and editing certain files. If a user     was tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could crash the application, leading to a     denial of service, or possibly achieve code execution with user privileges. (CVE-2021-3984, CVE-2021-4019,     CVE-2021-4069)

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.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6965-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <https://ubuntu.com/security/notices>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(206005);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/08/27");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2021-3973",
    "CVE-2021-3974",
    "CVE-2021-3984",
    "CVE-2021-4019",
    "CVE-2021-4069"
  );
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"6965-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Vim vulnerabilities (USN-6965-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in
the USN-6965-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that vim incorrectly handled parsing of filenames in its search functionality. If a user
    was tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could crash the application, leading to a
    denial of service. (CVE-2021-3973)

    It was discovered that vim incorrectly handled memory when opening and searching the contents of certain
    files. If a user was tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could crash the
    application, leading to a denial of service, or possibly achieve code execution with user privileges.
    (CVE-2021-3974)

    It was discovered that vim incorrectly handled memory when opening and editing certain files. If a user
    was tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could crash the application, leading to a
    denial of service, or possibly achieve code execution with user privileges. (CVE-2021-3984, CVE-2021-4019,
    CVE-2021-4069)

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.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6965-1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected 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-2021-4069");

  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:"2021/11/09");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/08/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/08/21");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts");
  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-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-gtk");
  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-runtime");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-tiny");
  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) 2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "ubuntu_pro_sub_detect.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 (! ('14.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 14.04', '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 ubuntu_pro_detected = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/Pro/Services/esm-apps');
ubuntu_pro_detected = !empty_or_null(ubuntu_pro_detected);

var pro_caveat_needed = FALSE;

var pkgs = [
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'vim', 'pkgver': '2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm17', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'vim-athena', 'pkgver': '2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm17', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'vim-common', 'pkgver': '2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm17', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'vim-gnome', 'pkgver': '2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm17', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'vim-gtk', 'pkgver': '2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm17', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'vim-gui-common', 'pkgver': '2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm17', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'vim-lesstif', 'pkgver': '2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm17', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'vim-nox', 'pkgver': '2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm17', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'vim-runtime', 'pkgver': '2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm17', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '14.04', 'pkgname': 'vim-tiny', 'pkgver': '2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm17', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var 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'];
  var pro_required = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['ubuntu_pro'])) pro_required = package_array['ubuntu_pro'];
  if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:osver, pkgname:pkgname, pkgver:pkgver)) {
        flag++;
        if (!ubuntu_pro_detected && !pro_caveat_needed) pro_caveat_needed = pro_required;
    }
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = '';
  if (pro_caveat_needed) {
    extra += 'NOTE: This vulnerability check contains fixes that apply to packages only \n';
    extra += 'available in Ubuntu ESM repositories. Access to these package security updates \n';
    extra += 'require an Ubuntu Pro subscription.\n\n';
  }
  extra += ubuntu_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : extra
  );
  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-common / vim-gnome / vim-gtk / etc');
}

CVSS2

9.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS3

7.8

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

AI Score

9.6

Confidence

High