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Photon OS 5.0: Procmail PHSA-2024-5.0-0430

critical Nessus Plugin ID 233764

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the procmail package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-5.0-430.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 233764

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2024-5_0-0430_procmail.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 4/2/2025

Updated: 4/2/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2017-16844

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:procmail

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/19/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/22/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-16844