Photon OS 5.0: Libtiff PHSA-2026-5.0-0757

low Nessus Plugin ID 298351

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the libtiff package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-5.0-757.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 298351

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2026-5_0-0757_libtiff.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 2/9/2026

Updated: 2/9/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1

Temporal Score: 0.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-13978

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2

Threat Score: 1.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 2/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/1/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-13978