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Photon OS 5.0: Libarchive PHSA-2025-5.0-0487

medium Nessus Plugin ID 233176

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

http://www.nessus.org/u?1598a86a

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 233176

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2025-5_0-0487_libarchive.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Published: 3/21/2025

Updated: 10/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.58

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.7

Temporal Score: 1.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-1632

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-25724

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Threat Score: 1.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:5.0, p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:libarchive

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/20/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-1632, CVE-2025-25724

IAVA: 2024-A-0834-S