SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : vim (SUSE-SU-2023:4557-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 186259

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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-2023:4557-1 advisory.

Updated to version 9.0 with patch level 2103, fixes the following security problems

* CVE-2023-5344: vim: Heap-based Buffer Overflow in vim prior to 9.0.1969 (bsc#1215940)
* CVE-2023-5441: vim: segfault in exmode when redrawing (bsc#1216001)
* CVE-2023-5535: vim: use-after-free from buf_contents_changed() (bsc#1216167)
* CVE-2023-46246: vim: Integer Overflow in :history command (bsc#1216696)
* CVE-2023-4738: vim: heap-buffer-overflow in vim_regsub_both (bsc#1214922)
* CVE-2023-4735: vim: OOB Write ops.c (bsc#1214924)
* CVE-2023-4734: vim: segmentation fault in function f_fullcommand (bsc#1214925)
* CVE-2023-4733: vim: use-after-free in function buflist_altfpos (bsc#1215004)
* CVE-2023-4752: vim: Heap Use After Free in function ins_compl_get_exp (bsc#1215006)
* CVE-2023-4781: vim: heap-buffer-overflow in function vim_regsub_both (bsc#1215033)

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: 186259

File Name: suse_SU-2023-4557-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 11/25/2023

Updated: 6/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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-2023-5535

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

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: 11/24/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/2/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-46246, CVE-2023-4733, CVE-2023-4734, CVE-2023-4735, CVE-2023-4738, CVE-2023-4752, CVE-2023-4781, CVE-2023-5344, CVE-2023-5441, CVE-2023-5535

IAVA: 2023-A-0579-S, 2023-A-0598-S

IAVB: 2023-B-0066-S, 2023-B-0074-S, 2023-B-0084-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:4557-1

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