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Debian DSA-3786-1 : vim - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 97135

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Editor spell files passed to the vim (Vi IMproved) editor may result in an integer overflow in memory allocation and a resulting buffer overflow which potentially could result in the execution of arbitrary code or denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the vim packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2:7.4.488-7+deb8u2.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=854969

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/vim

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3786

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 97135

File Name: debian_DSA-3786.nasl

Version: 3.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/14/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vim

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/13/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5953

DSA: 3786