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Oracle Linux 8 : vim (ELSA-2026-4442)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 302119
Synopsis
The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.Description
The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-4442 advisory.[8.0.1763-22.0.1]
- Remove upstream references [Orabug: 31197557]
- Added glibc-gconv-extra to common requires to provide ISO-8859-2 [Orabug: 34114984]
[2:8.0.1763-22]
- RHEL-147935 CVE-2026-25749 vim: Heap Overflow in Vim
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 302119
File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-4442.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 3/13/2026
Updated: 3/13/2026
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-25749
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.6
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:10:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:vim-minimal, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:vim-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:vim-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:vim-enhanced, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:vim-x11
Required KB Items: Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/12/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/6/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-25749