Photon OS 1.0: Cassandra / Libxml2 / Linux / Ruby PHSA-2017-0029 (deprecated)

high Nessus Plugin ID 111878
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Synopsis

This plugin has been deprecated.

Description

An update of [ruby,cassandra,linux,libxml2] packages for PhotonOS has been released.

Solution

n/a.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?f50b0a30

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 111878

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2017-0029.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 8/17/2018

Updated: 4/5/2019

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-3162

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:cassandra, p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:libxml2, p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:linux, p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:ruby, cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:1.0

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: 8/16/2017

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Linux Kernel UDP Fragmentation Offset (UFO) Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-3161, CVE-2017-3162, CVE-2017-7533, CVE-2017-7542, CVE-2017-8872, CVE-2017-9228, CVE-2017-10911, CVE-2017-1000112