Alpine: gvim, multiple vim packages, xxd: security update to 8.2.3650-r0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 424603

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

- vim is vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CVE-2021-3927, CVE-2021-3968, CVE-2021-3973)

- vim is vulnerable to Use of Uninitialized Variable (CVE-2021-3928)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 424603

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 4/4/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 97.35

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3973

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8

Temporal Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3968

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/5/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3927, CVE-2021-3928, CVE-2021-3968, CVE-2021-3973, CVE-2021-3974, CVE-2021-3984

Detections

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