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Photon OS 5.0: Kafka PHSA-2025-5.0-0537

high Nessus Plugin ID 240414

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the kafka package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-5.0-537.md

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 240414

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2025-5_0-0537_kafka.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 6/25/2025

Updated: 6/25/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-27818

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Threat Score: 6.2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-27817

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/23/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/10/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-27817, CVE-2025-27818