Photon OS 1.0: Libarchive PHSA-2017-0010

High Nessus Plugin ID 121677

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VPR Score: 5.9

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the libarchive package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Updates-34.md

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 121677

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2017-0010_libarchive.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 2019/02/07

Updated: 2019/02/07

Dependencies: 12634

Risk Information

Risk Factor: High

VPR Score: 5.9

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-6250

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:libarchive, cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:1.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2017/04/12

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2017/04/12

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8933, CVE-2016-4300, CVE-2016-4301, CVE-2016-4302, CVE-2016-4809, CVE-2016-5418, CVE-2016-5844, CVE-2016-6250, CVE-2016-7166, CVE-2016-8687, CVE-2016-8688, CVE-2016-8689, CVE-2017-5601