Upstream information

CVE-2024-43790 at MITRE

Description

Vim is an open source command line text editor. When performing a search and displaying the search-count message is disabled (:set shm+=S), the search pattern is displayed at the bottom of the screen in a buffer (msgbuf). When right-left mode (:set rl) is enabled, the search pattern is reversed. This happens by allocating a new buffer. If the search pattern contains some ASCII NUL characters, the buffer allocated will be smaller than the original allocated buffer (because for allocating the reversed buffer, the strlen() function is called, which only counts until it notices an ASCII NUL byte ) and thus the original length indicator is wrong. This causes an overflow when accessing characters inside the msgbuf by the previously (now wrong) length of the msgbuf. The issue has been fixed as of Vim patch v9.1.0689.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
  SUSE
Base Score 4.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact Low
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact Low
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
  SUSE
Base Score 2
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Passive
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low
Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact Low
Subsequent System Integrity Impact Low
Subsequent System Availability Impact Low
CVSSv4 Version 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1229685 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun vim Affected
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Azure vim Affected
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 vim Affected
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GCE vim Affected
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud vim Affected
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS vim Affected
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun vim Affected
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-Azure vim Affected
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 vim Affected
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-GCE vim Affected
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud vim Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 6.0 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP6 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 vim Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 vim Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 vim Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 vim Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 vim Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 vim Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 vim Affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SLES15-EC2-CHOST-HVM-BYOS vim Affected
SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS-Azure vim Affected
SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 vim Affected
SLES15-SP1-CHOST-BYOS-GCE vim Affected
SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun vim Affected
SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-Azure vim Affected
SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 vim Affected
SLES15-SP2-CHOST-BYOS-GCE vim Affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun vim Affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Azure vim Affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 vim Affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-GCE vim Affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud vim Affected
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS vim Affected
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun vim Affected
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Azure vim Affected
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 vim Affected
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-GCE vim Affected
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP2 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP3 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 vim Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 vim Affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 vim Affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 vim Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 vim Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 vim Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 vim Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 vim Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 vim Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 vim Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 vim Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 vim Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 vim Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 vim Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 vim Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 vim Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 vim Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 vim Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 vim Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 vim Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 vim Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 vim Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 vim Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 vim Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 vim Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 vim Affected
Products at an unknown state of their lifecycle.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro Extras 6.0 vim Affected
Container Status
bci/dotnet-aspnet:5.0
bci/dotnet-runtime:5.0
bci/dotnet-sdk:5.0
ses/7.1/ceph/haproxy
suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/server
suse/sle-micro/5.0/toolbox
suse/sle-micro/5.1/toolbox
suse/sle-micro/5.2/toolbox
suse/sle-micro/5.3/toolbox
suse/sle-micro/5.4/toolbox
suse/sle-micro/5.5/toolbox
suse/sles/15.2/virt-launcher:0.38.1
suse/sles/15.3/virt-launcher:0.45.0
suse/sles/15.4/virt-launcher:0.49.0
vimAffected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Aug 23 02:00:01 2024
CVE page last modified: Tue Sep 10 19:17:32 2024