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Fedora 39 : vim (2023-1c2c29a683)

high Nessus Plugin ID 185182

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-1c2c29a683 advisory.

 - Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1858. (CVE-2023-4752)

 - Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1857. (CVE-2023-4750)

 - Use After Free in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1840. (CVE-2023-4733)

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-2023-1c2c29a683

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 185182

File Name: fedora_2023-1c2c29a683.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/7/2023

Updated: 11/7/2023

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-2023-4752

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:39, 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: 9/5/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-4733, CVE-2023-4750, CVE-2023-4752

FEDORA: 2023-1c2c29a683

IAVB: 2023-B-0066-S