SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : vim (SUSE-SU-2022:4631-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 169411

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:4631-1 advisory.

Updated to version 9.0.1040:

- CVE-2022-3491: vim: Heap-based Buffer Overflow prior to 9.0.0742 (bsc#1206028).
- CVE-2022-3520: vim: Heap-based Buffer Overflow (bsc#1206071).
- CVE-2022-3591: vim: Use After Free (bsc#1206072).
- CVE-2022-4292: vim: Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0882 (bsc#1206075).
- CVE-2022-4293: vim: Floating Point Comparison with Incorrect Operator in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.0804 (bsc#1206077).
- CVE-2022-4141: vim: heap-buffer-overflow in alloc.c 246:11 (bsc#1205797).
- CVE-2022-3705: vim: use after free in function qf_update_buffer of the file quickfix.c (bsc#1204779).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 169411

File Name: suse_SU-2022-4631-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/29/2022

Updated: 6/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3520

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:vim-small, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gvim, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:vim-data, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:vim-data-common, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:vim

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/28/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/26/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3491, CVE-2022-3520, CVE-2022-3591, CVE-2022-3705, CVE-2022-4141, CVE-2022-4292, CVE-2022-4293

IAVB: 2022-B-0049-S, 2022-B-0058-S, 2023-B-0016-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:4631-1

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