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Photon OS 5.0: Iperf PHSA-2025-5.0-0498

high Nessus Plugin ID 233996

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the iperf package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-5.0-498.md

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 233996

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2025-5_0-0498_iperf.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 4/8/2025

Updated: 4/8/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-53580

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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:iperf

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/7/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/18/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-53580