Fedora 37 : vim (2023-e9c71abc95)

high Nessus Plugin ID 183681

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 37 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-e9c71abc95 advisory.

- NULL Pointer Dereference in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 20d161ace307e28690229b68584f2d84556f8960.
(CVE-2023-5441)

- Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to v9.0.2010. (CVE-2023-5535)

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 2:vim package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-e9c71abc95

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183681

File Name: fedora_2023-e9c71abc95.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/23/2023

Updated: 11/2/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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-2023-5535

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: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:37, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:vim

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/19/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/5/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5441, CVE-2023-5535

FEDORA: 2023-e9c71abc95

IAVA: 2023-A-0579-S

IAVB: 2023-B-0084-S