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Photon OS 3.0: Libxml2 PHSA-2019-3.0-0024

medium Nessus Plugin ID 128154

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the libxml2 package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-3.0-24.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 128154

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2019-3_0-0024_libxml2.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 8/26/2019

Updated: 7/24/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-9251

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:3.0, p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:libxml2

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: 7/31/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/4/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-9251