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Photon OS 4.0: Expat PHSA-2025-4.0-0793

high Nessus Plugin ID 235449

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the expat package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-4.0-793.md

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 235449

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2025-4_0-0793_expat.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 5/7/2025

Updated: 5/7/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-8176

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/6/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-8176

IAVA: 2025-A-0186