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Photon OS 5.0: Libarchive PHSA-2025-5.0-0545

critical Nessus Plugin ID 241154

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?442ac0c6

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 241154

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2025-5_0-0545_libarchive.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: Local

Published: 7/2/2025

Updated: 10/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-5914

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-5914

IAVA: 2025-A-0551-S