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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : vim (SUSE-SU-2026:3237-1)

🗓️ 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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SLES12 vim update to 9.2.0780 fixes three CVEs: PHP and C Omni-Completion, and SAL Soundfolding.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-2026:3237-1. The text itself
# is copyright (C) SUSE.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(330289);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/07/28");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-59856", "CVE-2026-59857", "CVE-2026-59858");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2026-A-0739");
  script_xref(name:"SuSE", value:"SUSE-SU-2026:3237-1");

  script_name(english:"SUSE SLES12 Security Update : vim (SUSE-SU-2026:3237-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in
the SUSE-SU-2026:3237-1 advisory.

    This update for vim fixes the following issues

    - Updated to version 9.2.0780.
    - CVE-2026-59856: Arbitrary Code Execution via PHP Omni-Completion (bsc#1271194).
    - CVE-2026-59857: Out-of-bounds Write in SAL Soundfolding (bsc#1271195).
    - CVE-2026-59858: Arbitrary Code Execution via C Omni-Completion (bsc#1271193).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1271193");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1271194");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1271195");
  # https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2026-July/027846.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?652b9031");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-59856");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-59857");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-59858");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected gvim, vim, vim-data and / or vim-data-common packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_threat_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/E:P");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-59858");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/07/09");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/07/24");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/07/28");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gvim");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:vim");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:vim-data");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:vim-data-common");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
if (isnull(os_release) || os_release !~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^(SLE(S|D)\d+)", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'SUSE');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(SLES12)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'SUSE SLES12', 'SUSE (' + os_ver + ')');

if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'SUSE (' + os_ver + ')', cpu);

var service_pack = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel");
if (isnull(service_pack)) service_pack = "0";
if (os_ver == "SLES12" && (! preg(pattern:"^(5)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES12 SP5", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'gvim-9.2.0780-17.73.1', 'sp':'5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-ltss-extended-security-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'vim-9.2.0780-17.73.1', 'sp':'5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-ltss-extended-security-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'vim-data-9.2.0780-17.73.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-ltss-extended-security-release-12.5', 'sles-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'vim-data-common-9.2.0780-17.73.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-ltss-extended-security-release-12.5', 'sles-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'gvim-9.2.0780-17.73.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'gvim-9.2.0780-17.73.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'vim-9.2.0780-17.73.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'vim-9.2.0780-17.73.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'vim-data-9.2.0780-17.73.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'vim-data-common-9.2.0780-17.73.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-release-12.5']}
];

var ltss_caveat_required = FALSE;
var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var reference = NULL;
  var _release = NULL;
  var sp = NULL;
  var _cpu = NULL;
  var exists_check = NULL;
  var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
  if (reference && _release) {
    if (exists_check) {
      var check_flag = 0;
      foreach var check (exists_check) {
        if (!rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:check)) continue;
        if ('ltss' >< tolower(check)) ltss_caveat_required = TRUE;
        check_flag++;
      }
      if (!check_flag) continue;
    }
    if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var ltss_plugin_caveat = NULL;
  if(ltss_caveat_required) ltss_plugin_caveat = '\n' +
    'NOTE: This vulnerability check contains fixes that apply to\n' +
    'packages only available in SUSE Enterprise Linux Server LTSS\n' +
    'repositories. Access to these package security updates require\n' +
    'a paid SUSE LTSS subscription.\n';
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : rpm_report_get() + ltss_plugin_caveat
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'gvim / vim / vim-data / vim-data-common');
}

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28 Jul 2026 00:00Current
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Vulners AI Score6
CVSS 3.17.8
CVSS 48.4
EPSS0.00216
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