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Photon OS 4.0: Wpa_Supplicant PHSA-2021-4.0-0007

high Nessus Plugin ID 148346

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the wpa_supplicant package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-4.0-7.md

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 148346

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2021-4_0-0007_wpa_supplicant.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 4/7/2021

Updated: 7/24/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-27803

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/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:4.0, p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:wpa_supplicant

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/6/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-27803