SUSE SLES12 Security Update : vim (SUSE-SU-2023:0760-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 172646

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:0760-1 advisory.

- CVE-2023-0512: Fixed a divide By Zero (bsc#1207780).
- CVE-2023-1175: vim: an incorrect calculation of buffer size (bsc#1208957).
- CVE-2023-1170: Fixed a heap-based Buffer Overflow (bsc#1208959).
- CVE-2023-1127: Fixed divide by zero in scrolldown() (bsc#1208828).

Updated to version 9.0 with patch level 1386.

- https://github.com/vim/vim/compare/v9.0.1234...v9.0.1386

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 gvim, vim, vim-data and / or vim-data-common packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 172646

File Name: suse_SU-2023-0760-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 3/17/2023

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-1127

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:vim-data, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gvim, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:vim, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:vim-data-common

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: 3/16/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/30/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-0512, CVE-2023-1127, CVE-2023-1170, CVE-2023-1175

IAVB: 2023-B-0016-S, 2023-B-0018-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:0760-1

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