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NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.06 : vim Vulnerability (NS-SA-2025-0217)

high Nessus Plugin ID 266237

Synopsis

The remote NewStart CGSL host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 6.06, has vim packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

 - getchar.c in Vim before 8.1.1365 and Neovim before 0.3.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via the :source! command in a modeline, as demonstrated by execute in Vim, and assert_fails or nvim_input in Neovim. (CVE-2019-12735)

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

Solution

Upgrade the vulnerable CGSL vim packages. Note that updated packages may not be available yet. Please contact ZTE for more information.

See Also

https://security.gd-linux.com/notice/NS-SA-2025-0217

https://security.gd-linux.com/info/CVE-2019-12735

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 266237

File Name: newstart_cgsl_NS-SA-2025-0217_vim.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 9/30/2025

Updated: 9/30/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-12735

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:vim-common, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:vim-minimal, cpe:/o:zte:cgsl_main:6, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:vim-enhanced, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:vim-filesystem

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/ZTE-CGSL/release, Host/ZTE-CGSL/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/30/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/5/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12735