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Photon OS 4.0: Libxml2 PHSA-2022-4.0-0198

medium Nessus Plugin ID 203427

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the libxml2 package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-4.0-198.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 203427

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2022-4_0-0198_libxml2.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 7/23/2024

Updated: 7/23/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-29824

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:4.0, p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:libxml2

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/3/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-29824