Photon OS 4.0: Nettle PHSA-2021-4.0-0012

high Nessus Plugin ID 148909

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the nettle package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Updates-4.0-12.md

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 148909

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2021-4_0-0012_nettle.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 4/21/2021

Updated: 4/21/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-20305

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:nettle, cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:4.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/21/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/5/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-20305