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RockyLinux 9 : vim (RLSA-2025:17742)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 270749
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Synopsis
The remote RockyLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2025:17742 advisory.* vim: Vim path traversal (CVE-2025-53906)
* vim: Vim path traversial (CVE-2025-53905)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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.See Also
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:17742
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 270749
File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2025-17742.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Published: 10/18/2025
Updated: 10/18/2025
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.8
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 2.6
Temporal Score: 2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-53906
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.1
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:vim-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:vim-minimal-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:vim-common-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:vim-x11, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:vim-x11-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:vim-enhanced-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:vim-minimal, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:vim-enhanced, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:vim-common
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/18/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/15/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-53905, CVE-2025-53906