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Photon OS 2.0: Libxml2 PHSA-2020-2.0-0203

high Nessus Plugin ID 133466

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-Updates-2-203.md

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 133466

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2020-2_0-0203_libxml2.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 2/4/2020

Updated: 7/23/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-19956

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:libxml2, cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:2.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/1/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/24/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-19956