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CentOS Update for vim-common CESA-2016:2972 centos7

🗓️ 22 Dec 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType 
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CentOS Update for vim-common CESA-2016:2972 centos7. Vim (Vi IMproved) has a vulnerability in how certain modeline options are treated, allowing arbitrary command execution

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882616");
  script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-12-22 05:45:34 +0100 (Thu, 22 Dec 2016)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-1248");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2017-07-28 01:29:00 +0000 (Fri, 28 Jul 2017)");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_name("CentOS Update for vim-common CESA-2016:2972 centos7");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Check the version of vim-common");
  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved
version of the vi editor.

Security Fix(es):

  * A vulnerability was found in vim in how certain modeline options were
treated. An attacker could craft a file that, when opened in vim with
modelines enabled, could execute arbitrary commands with privileges of the
user running vim. (CVE-2016-1248)");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"vim-common on CentOS 7");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated packages.");

  script_xref(name:"CESA", value:"2016:2972");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2016-December/022185.html");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("CentOS Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/centos", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=CentOS7");
  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";

if(release == "CentOS7")
{

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vim-common", rpm:"vim-common~7.4.160~1.el7_3.1", rls:"CentOS7")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vim-enhanced", rpm:"vim-enhanced~7.4.160~1.el7_3.1", rls:"CentOS7")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vim-filesystem", rpm:"vim-filesystem~7.4.160~1.el7_3.1", rls:"CentOS7")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vim-minimal", rpm:"vim-minimal~7.4.160~1.el7_3.1", rls:"CentOS7")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vim-X11", rpm:"vim-X11~7.4.160~1.el7_3.1", rls:"CentOS7")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"vim", rpm:"vim~7.4.160~1.el7_3.1", rls:"CentOS7")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
  exit(0);
}

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24 Apr 2026 00:00Current
6.2Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.2
CVSS 26.8
CVSS 37.8
EPSS0.25314
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