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Photon OS 5.0: Curl PHSA-2023-5.0-91-0113

critical Nessus Plugin ID 332284

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the curl package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-5.0-91-113.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 332284

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2023-5_0-91-0113_curl.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 8/5/2026

Updated: 8/5/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

Percentile: 99.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-38546

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-38545

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 10/11/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-38545, CVE-2023-38546

IAVA: 2023-A-0531-S