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Photon OS 5.0: Tpm2 PHSA-2025-5.0-0516

medium Nessus Plugin ID 235174

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the tpm2 package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-5.0-516.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 235174

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2025-5_0-0516_tpm2.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 5/6/2025

Updated: 5/6/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-22745

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:5.0, p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:tpm2

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: 5/5/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/10/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-22745, CVE-2024-29040