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Photon OS 5.0: Libpcap PHSA-2026-5.0-92-0954

medium Nessus Plugin ID 335075

Synopsis

The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

An update of the libpcap package has been released.

Solution

Update the affected Linux packages.

See Also

https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-5.0-92-954.md

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 335075

File Name: PhotonOS_PHSA-2026-5_0-92-0954_libpcap.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 8/13/2026

Updated: 8/13/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.9

Percentile: 52.54

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-8006

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/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:libpcap

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/30/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-7256, CVE-2024-8006, CVE-2025-11961, CVE-2025-11964

IAVA: 2024-A-0542-S, 2026-A-0013