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Photon OS 5.0: Expat PHSA-2025-5.0-0435

medium Nessus Plugin ID 213495

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-5.0-435.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 213495

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2025-5_0-0435_expat.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/4/2025

Updated: 1/4/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-50602

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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: 1/3/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-50602

IAVA: 2024-A-0694