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Photon OS 1.0: Nettle PHSA-2020-1.0-0289

medium Nessus Plugin ID 136035

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the nettle package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Updates-1.0-289.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 136035

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2020-1_0-0289_nettle.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 4/28/2020

Updated: 4/29/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16869

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.7

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/21/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16869

BID: 106092