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Vim < 9.0.1992 NULL Pointer Dereference

medium Nessus Plugin ID 183880

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Synopsis

A text editor installed on the remote Windows host is affected by a null pointer dereference vulnerability.

Description

NULL pointer dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to v9.0.1992.

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

Solution

Upgrade to Vim version 9.0.1992 or later

See Also

https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/13325

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hm59-7v8h-g63p

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 183880

File Name: vim_9_0_1992.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 10/25/2023

Updated: 11/2/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5441

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vim:vim

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/Vim

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/5/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/5/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5441

IAVA: 2023-A-0579-S