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Photon OS 5.0: Glibc PHSA-2023-5.0-0110

critical Nessus Plugin ID 204291

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the glibc package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-5.0-110.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 204291

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2023-5_0-0110_glibc.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 7/24/2024

Updated: 7/25/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-0687

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:glibc, cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:5.0

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: 10/6/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/6/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 12/12/2023

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Glibc Tunables Privilege Escalation CVE-2023-4911 (aka Looney Tunables))

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-0687, CVE-2023-4527, CVE-2023-4911, CVE-2023-5156