Photon OS 1.0: Perl PHSA-2018-1.0-0167

critical Nessus Plugin ID 121865

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the perl package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Updates-1.0-167.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 121865

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2018-1_0-0167_perl.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 2/7/2019

Updated: 3/8/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-6913

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:1.0, p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:perl

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/PhotonOS/release, Host/PhotonOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/27/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/27/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-6797, CVE-2018-6798, CVE-2018-6913