Photon OS 5.0: Krb5 PHSA-2024-5.0-90-0355

critical Nessus Plugin ID 332487

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-5.0-90-355.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 332487

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2024-5_0-90-0355_krb5.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 8/5/2026

Updated: 8/5/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.56

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-37371

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:H/I:N/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: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: 8/26/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/26/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-37370, CVE-2024-37371