Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Patch v9.1.0038 optimized how the cursor position is calculated and removed a loop, that verified that the cursor position always points inside a line and does not become invalid by pointing beyond the end of a line. Back then we assumed this loop is unnecessary. However, this change made it possible that the cursor position stays invalid and points beyond the end of a line, which would eventually cause a heap-buffer-overflow when trying to access the line pointer at the specified cursor position. It's not quite clear yet, what can lead to this situation that the cursor points to an invalid position. That's why patch v9.1.0707 does not include a test case. The only observed impact has been a program crash. This issue has been addressed in with the patch v9.1.0707. All users are advised to upgrade.

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-48e080c52f advisory.

    Security fix for CVE-2024-45306

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    patchlevel 703

    Security fixes for CVE-2024-43374, CVE-2024-43802

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

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

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-055adf8e6f advisory.

    Security fix for CVE-2024-45306

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    patchlevel 703

    Security fixes for CVE-2024-43374, CVE-2024-43802

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

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

An update of the vim package has been released.

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-1f3759becc advisory.

    Security fix for CVE-2024-45306

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

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

According to its version, the version of Vim installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 9.1.0707. It is, therefore affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability. Patch v9.1.0038 optimized how the cursor position is calculated and in doing so introduced the possibility for heap-buffer-overflow when trying to access the line pointer under specific conditions, leading to observed program crashes and other potential vulnerabilities.

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
211032	Fedora 41 : vim (2024-48e080c52f)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
207006	Fedora 39 : vim (2024-055adf8e6f)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
206963	Photon OS 4.0: Vim PHSA-2024-4.0-0689	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
206951	Fedora 40 : vim (2024-1f3759becc)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
206944	Photon OS 5.0: Vim PHSA-2024-5.0-0371	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
206645	Vim < 9.1.0707 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability	Nessus	Windows	medium

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