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Photon OS 2.0: Xerces PHSA-2018-2.0-0037

critical Nessus Plugin ID 203061

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the xerces package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Updates-2-37.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 203061

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2018-2_0-0037_xerces.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 7/23/2024

Updated: 7/23/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12627

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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:2.0, p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:xerces

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/23/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/1/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12627