SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : vim (SUSE-SU-2023:3955-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 182484

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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-2023:3955-1 advisory.

Security fixes:

- CVE-2023-4733: Fixed use-after-free in function buflist_altfpos (bsc#1215004).
- CVE-2023-4734: Fixed segmentation fault in function f_fullcommand (bsc#1214925).
- CVE-2023-4735: Fixed out of bounds write in ops.c (bsc#1214924).
- CVE-2023-4738: Fixed heap buffer overflow in vim_regsub_both (bsc#1214922).
- CVE-2023-4752: Fixed heap use-after-free in function ins_compl_get_exp (bsc#1215006).
- CVE-2023-4781: Fixed heap buffer overflow in function vim_regsub_both (bsc#1215033).

Other fixes:

- Update to version 9.0 with patch level 1894, for the complete list of changes see https://github.com/vim/vim/compare/v9.0.1443...v9.0.1894
- Use app icons generated from vimlogo.eps in the source tarball;
add higher resolution icons of sizes 128x128, 256x256, and 512x512 as png sources

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: High

ID: 182484

File Name: suse_SU-2023-3955-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/4/2023

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: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

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-2023-4781

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-2023-4781

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 10/3/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/2/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-4733, CVE-2023-4734, CVE-2023-4735, CVE-2023-4738, CVE-2023-4752, CVE-2023-4781

IAVB: 2023-B-0066-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:3955-1

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