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Photon OS 3.0: Mercurial PHSA-2019-3.0-0014

critical Nessus Plugin ID 203023

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the mercurial package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-3.0-14.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 203023

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2019-3_0-0014_mercurial.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 7/23/2024

Updated: 7/24/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-17983

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:mercurial, cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:3.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/11/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/4/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-17983