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Photon OS 4.0: Erlang PHSA-2025-4.0-0889

high Nessus Plugin ID 270767

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the erlang package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-4.0-889.md

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 270767

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2025-4_0-0889_erlang.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 10/19/2025

Updated: 10/19/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-48040

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Threat Score: 4.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-48041

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/16/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/11/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-48038, CVE-2025-48039, CVE-2025-48040, CVE-2025-48041