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Photon OS 1.0: Binutils PHSA-2019-1.0-0257

medium Nessus Plugin ID 132521

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the binutils package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Updates-1.0-257.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 132521

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2019-1_0-0257_binutils.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 12/31/2019

Updated: 4/2/2024

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-2019-17451

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 11/20/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-17450, CVE-2019-17451