Photon OS 4.0: Libarchive PHSA-2023-4.0-0333

critical Nessus Plugin ID 203366

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the libarchive package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-4.0-333.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 203366

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2023-4_0-0333_libarchive.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: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-36227

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: p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:libarchive, cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:4.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/14/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/8/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-36227