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Photon OS 1.0: Pcre PHSA-2018-1.0-0171

high Nessus Plugin ID 121872

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the pcre package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Updates-1.0-171.md

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 121872

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2018-1_0-0171_pcre.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 2/7/2019

Updated: 2/7/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-11164

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/3/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/3/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11164