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Photon OS 3.0: Polkit PHSA-2022-3.0-0356

high Nessus Plugin ID 203752

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the polkit package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-3.0-356.md

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 203752

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2022-3_0-0356_polkit.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 7/24/2024

Updated: 7/25/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-4034

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 1/28/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/25/2022

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 7/18/2022

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Metasploit (Local Privilege Escalation in polkits pkexec)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-4034

IAVA: 2022-A-0055