Photon OS 2.0 : glibc (PhotonOS-PHSA-2018-2.0-0018) (deprecated)

high Nessus Plugin ID 111288
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Synopsis

This plugin has been deprecated.

Description

An update of {'glibc'} packages of Photon OS has been released.

Solution

n/a.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?cf88e335

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 111288

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2018-2_0-0018.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 7/24/2018

Updated: 4/5/2019

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1000001

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6

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

Temporal Vector: E:F/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:glibc, cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:2.0

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: 2/26/2018

Exploitable With

Metasploit (glibc "realpath()" Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1000001

BID: 102525