Photon OS 3.0: Elfutils PHSA-2019-3.0-0015

medium Nessus Plugin ID 126111

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the elfutils package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-3.0-15.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 126111

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2019-3_0-0015_elfutils.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 6/24/2019

Updated: 7/24/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-18521

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-18520

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:3.0, p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:elfutils

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/28/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/19/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-18520, CVE-2018-18521