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Echo: vim: security update to 2:9.0.2116-1

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 462769

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 parsing relative ex addresses one may unintentionally
 cause an overflow. Ironically this happens in the existing overflow check, because the line number becomes
 negative and LONG_MAX - lnum will cause the overflow. Impact is low, user interaction is required and a
 crash may not even happen in all situations. This issue has been addressed in commit `060623e` which has
 been included in release version 9.0.2110. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds
 for this vulnerability. (CVE-2023-48235)

Solution

Update the vim library and its related packages to version 2:9.0.2116-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2023-48235

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 462769

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/5/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.7

Temporal Score: 1.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-48235

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/16/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-48235

IAVA: 2023-A-0650-S