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Photon OS 5.0: Protobuf PHSA-2023-5.0-91-0022

medium Nessus Plugin ID 333819

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the protobuf package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-5.0-91-22.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 333819

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2023-5_0-91-0022_protobuf.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 8/10/2026

Updated: 8/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-33070

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-48468

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 6/8/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/22/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-33070, CVE-2022-48468