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Photon OS 2.0: Bindutils PHSA-2020-2.0-0279

medium Nessus Plugin ID 140114

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the bindutils package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Updates-2-279.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 140114

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2020-2_0-0279_bindutils.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 9/1/2020

Updated: 7/23/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8624

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:bindutils, 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: 8/29/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/21/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8623, CVE-2020-8624

IAVA: 2020-A-0385-S