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Photon OS 4.0: Gawk PHSA-2023-4.0-0488

high Nessus Plugin ID 203614

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the gawk package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-4.0-488.md

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 203614

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2023-4_0-0488_gawk.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 7/23/2024

Updated: 7/23/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-4156

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 10/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/17/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-4156

IAVA: 2023-A-0444