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Photon OS 5.0: Glibc PHSA-2025-5.0-91-0666

medium Nessus Plugin ID 333982

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the glibc package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-5.0-91-666.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 333982

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2025-5_0-91-0666_glibc.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 8/10/2026

Updated: 8/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.39

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-0395

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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:glibc

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/3/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-0395

IAVA: 2025-A-0062-S