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Photon OS 5.0: Binutils PHSA-2025-5.0-0488

medium Nessus Plugin ID 233318

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the binutils package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?81d71d03

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 233318

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2025-5_0-0488_binutils.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: Local

Published: 3/25/2025

Updated: 10/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.28

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-16599

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-0840

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 3/24/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/29/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-16599, CVE-2022-38533, CVE-2025-0840

IAVA: 2025-A-0095-S