Alpine: gvim, multiple vim packages, xxd: security update to 8.2.3437-r0

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 424617

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-2021-3770, CVE-2021-3778)

- vim is vulnerable to Use After Free (CVE-2021-3796)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-3770

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-3778

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-3796

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 424617

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3796

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/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-2021-3778

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/6/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3770, CVE-2021-3778, CVE-2021-3796