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SUSE SLES11 Security Update : vim (SUSE-SU-2019:14078-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 125846

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for vim fixes the following issues :

Security issue fixed :

CVE-2019-12735: Fixed a potential arbitrary code execution vulnerability in getchar.c (bsc#1137443).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS:zypper in -t patch slessp4-vim-14078=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3:zypper in -t patch sleposp3-vim-14078=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-vim-14078=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1137443

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12735/

http://www.nessus.org/u?0e96043a

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 125846

File Name: suse_SU-2019-14078-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/12/2019

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/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, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:vim-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:vim-data, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gvim

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: 6/11/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/5/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12735