Fedora 37 : vim (2023-99d2eaac80)

high Nessus Plugin ID 176263

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 37 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-99d2eaac80 advisory.

- Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1499. (CVE-2023-2426)

- Integer Overflow or Wraparound in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1532. (CVE-2023-2610)

- NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1531. (CVE-2023-2609)

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 2:vim package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 176263

File Name: fedora_2023-99d2eaac80.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 5/24/2023

Updated: 9/8/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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-2023-2610

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:fedoraproject:fedora:37, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:vim

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/29/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-2426, CVE-2023-2609, CVE-2023-2610

FEDORA: 2023-99d2eaac80

IAVB: 2023-B-0033-S, 2023-B-0035-S, 2023-B-0039-S

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