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Photon OS 1.0: Xerces PHSA-2020-1.0-0271

high Nessus Plugin ID 133502

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the xerces package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Updates-1.0-271.md

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 133502

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2020-1_0-0271_xerces.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 2/6/2020

Updated: 2/6/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1311

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/5/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/18/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1311