Detections
Analytics

Photon OS 5.0: Expat PHSA-2024-5.0-0364

critical Nessus Plugin ID 206648

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the expat package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-5.0-364.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 206648

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2024-5_0-0364_expat.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 9/5/2024

Updated: 9/6/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2024-45492

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: cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:5.0, p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:expat

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/5/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/30/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-45490, CVE-2024-45491, CVE-2024-45492

IAVA: 2024-A-0543