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Photon OS 5.0: Krb5 PHSA-2025-5.0-0545

critical Nessus Plugin ID 241158

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the krb5 package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-5.0-545.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 241158

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2025-5_0-0545_krb5.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 7/2/2025

Updated: 7/2/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-3596

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.2

Threat Score: 7.2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:5.0, p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:krb5

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-3596