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Alpine: gvim, multiple vim packages, xxd: security update to 9.0.2112-r0

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 424671

Description

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

 - Vim is an open source command line text editor. When closing a window, vim may try to access already freed
 window structure. Exploitation beyond crashing the application has not been shown to be viable. This issue
 has been addressed in commit `25aabc2b` which has been included in release version 9.0.2106. Users are
 advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability. (CVE-2023-48231)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-48231

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 424671

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: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-48231

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/16/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-48231

IAVA: 2023-A-0650-S