SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : vim (SUSE-SU-2023:2640-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 179683

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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-2023:2640-1 advisory.

- Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1499. (CVE-2023-2426)

- NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1531. (CVE-2023-2609)

- Integer Overflow or Wraparound in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1532. (CVE-2023-2610)

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://bugzilla.suse.com/1210996

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1211256

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1211257

http://www.nessus.org/u?7679c0f8

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2426

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2609

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2610

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 179683

File Name: suse_SU-2023-2640-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/11/2023

Updated: 9/8/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2023-2610

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

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: 8/10/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/29/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-2426, CVE-2023-2609, CVE-2023-2610

IAVB: 2023-B-0033-S, 2023-B-0035-S, 2023-B-0039-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:2640-1