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Photon OS 2.0: Pyyaml PHSA-2020-2.0-0229

critical Nessus Plugin ID 135866

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the PyYAML package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Updates-2-229.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 135866

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2020-2_0-0229_PyYAML.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 4/22/2020

Updated: 7/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-1747

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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: p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:pyyaml, 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: 4/14/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/24/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-1747

IAVA: 2021-A-0463