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Photon OS 2.0: Polkit PHSA-2020-2.0-0205

medium Nessus Plugin ID 202773

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the polkit package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Updates-2-205.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 202773

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2020-2_0-0205_polkit.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 7/22/2024

Updated: 7/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1116

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:polkit, 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: 2/8/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/10/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1116