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Photon OS 5.0: Unbound PHSA-2025-5.0-91-0672

high Nessus Plugin ID 333701

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the unbound package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-5.0-91-672.md

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 333701

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2025-5_0-91-0672_unbound.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Published: 8/10/2026

Updated: 11/4/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

Percentile: 51.26

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-5994

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/7/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/16/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-11411, CVE-2025-5994