Photon OS 1.0: Grub2 PHSA-2016-0012

critical Nessus Plugin ID 121648

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the grub2 package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Updates-12.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 121648

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2016-0012_grub2.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 2/7/2019

Updated: 7/23/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-8370

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:grub2, 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: 12/6/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/6/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8370