Out-of-bounds write in Vim - CVE-2021-4019

 

Out-of-bounds write in Vim - CVE-2021-4019

Published: May 11, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU63048
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-4019
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

Vim
Dell EMC PowerProtect Data Protection
Dell Data Protection Central
Tanzu Greenplum for Kubernetes
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance
Isolation Segment
VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
IBM Robotic Process Automation
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes
Dell Secure Connect Gateway
Red Hat OpenStack
Gentoo Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
Ubuntu
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Realtime Extension
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Fedora
vim (Ubuntu package)
vim-debugsource
gvim
gvim-debuginfo
vim
vim-debuginfo
vim-data
vim-data-common
vim-small
vim-small-debuginfo
vim (Red Hat package)
vim-X11
vim-common
vim-enhanced
vim-minimal
vim-filesystem
app-editors/vim-core
app-editors/gvim
app-editors/vim
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager
EMC ViPR SRM
Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR)
Dell EMC Unity VSA Operating Environment (OE)
Dell EMC Unity XT Operating Environment (OE)
Dell EMC Unity Operating Environment (OE)
RecoverPoint for VMs
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance

How to mitigate CVE-2021-4019

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vim - update to 8.2.3669
Tanzu Greenplum for Kubernetes - update to 2.0.0
IBM Robotic Process Automation - update to 21.0.2.2
vim (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only), 2:7.4.16893ubuntu1.5+esm4, 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.8, 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.6, 2:8.2.2434-3ubuntu3.2
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes - update to 2.3.6
VMware Tanzu Operations Manager - addressed in versions 2.9.39, 2.10.40
EMC ViPR SRM - update to 4.9.0.0
Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR) - update to 4.9.0.0
Dell EMC Unity VSA Operating Environment (OE) - update to 5.2.0.0.5.173
Dell EMC Unity XT Operating Environment (OE) - update to 5.2.0.0.5.173
Dell EMC Unity Operating Environment (OE) - update to 5.2.0.0.5.173
Dell Secure Connect Gateway - update to 5.14.00.16
RecoverPoint for VMs - update to 6.0.SP1.P1
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance - addressed in versions 7.0.372, 8.0.000
vim-debugsource - addressed in versions 8.0.1568-5.17.1, 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
gvim - addressed in versions 8.0.1568-5.17.1, 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
gvim-debuginfo - addressed in versions 8.0.1568-5.17.1, 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
vim - addressed in versions 8.0.1568-5.17.1, 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
vim-debuginfo - addressed in versions 8.0.1568-5.17.1, 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
vim-data - addressed in versions 8.0.1568-5.17.1, 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
vim-data-common - addressed in versions 8.0.1568-5.17.1, 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1, 9.0.0814-17.9.1
vim-small - addressed in versions 8.0.1568-5.17.1, 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1
vim-small-debuginfo - addressed in versions 8.0.1568-5.17.1, 8.2.5038-150000.5.21.1
vim (Red Hat package) - update to 8.0.1763-16.el8_5.4
vim-X11 - update to 8.0.1763-16.0.1
vim-common - update to 8.0.1763-16.0.1
vim-enhanced - update to 8.0.1763-16.0.1
vim-minimal - update to 8.0.1763-16.0.1
vim-filesystem - update to 8.0.1763-16.0.1
vim-filesystem - update to 8.2-10
vim-minimal - update to 8.2-10
vim-common - update to 8.2-10
vim-X11 - update to 8.2-10
vim-enhanced - update to 8.2-10
vim-debuginfo - update to 8.2-10
vim-debugsource - update to 8.2-10
vim - update to 8.2-10
vim - addressed in versions 8.2.3717-1.fc34, 8.2.3717-1.fc35, 8.2.3755-1.fc34
vim - addressed in versions 8.2.4006-1.1, 9.0.1160-1.1
app-editors/vim-core - update to 9.0.0060
app-editors/gvim - update to 9.0.0060
app-editors/vim - update to 9.0.0060
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance - update to 13.1.0.2.29
Red Hat OpenStack - update to 16.2

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