Security update for vim

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:20857-1
Release Date: 2025-10-14T13:19:36Z
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-53905 ( SUSE ): 1.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-53905 ( SUSE ): 4.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2025-53905 ( NVD ): 4.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2025-53906 ( SUSE ): 1.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:L/SA:L
  • CVE-2025-53906 ( SUSE ): 4.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2025-53906 ( NVD ): 4.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2025-55157 ( SUSE ): 6.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-55157 ( SUSE ): 5.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2025-55157 ( NVD ): 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
  • CVE-2025-55157 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2025-55158 ( SUSE ): 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
  • CVE-2025-55158 ( NVD ): 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
  • CVE-2025-55158 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.1

An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for vim fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2025-53906: malicious zip archive may cause a path traversal (bsc#1246602)
  • CVE-2025-53905: malicious tar archive may cause a path traversal (bsc#1246604)
  • CVE-2025-55157: use-after-free in internal tuple reference management (bsc#1247938)
  • CVE-2025-55158: double-free in internal typed value (typval_T) management (bsc#1247939)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE 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 Micro 6.1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.1-299=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 (noarch)
    • vim-data-common-9.1.1629-slfo.1.1_1.1
  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • vim-debugsource-9.1.1629-slfo.1.1_1.1
    • vim-small-debuginfo-9.1.1629-slfo.1.1_1.1
    • vim-small-9.1.1629-slfo.1.1_1.1

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