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Alpine: gvim, multiple vim packages, xxd: security update to 9.0.2127-r0

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 424641

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Vim is a UNIX editor that, prior to version 9.0.2121, has a heap-use-after-free vulnerability. When
 executing a `:s` command for the very first time and using a sub-replace-special atom inside the
 substitution part, it is possible that the recursive `:s` call causes free-ing of memory which may later
 then be accessed by the initial `:s` command. The user must intentionally execute the payload and the
 whole process is a bit tricky to do since it seems to work only reliably for the very first :s command. It
 may also cause a crash of Vim. Version 9.0.2121 contains a fix for this issue. (CVE-2023-48706)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-48706

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 424641

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-48706

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/22/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-48706

IAVA: 2023-A-0650-S