CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
23.7%
An update of the binutils package has been released.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from VMware Security Advisory PHSA-2023-5.0-0082. The text
# itself is copyright (C) VMware, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(203610);
script_version("1.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/07/23");
script_cve_id("CVE-2023-1579");
script_name(english:"Photon OS 5.0: Binutils PHSA-2023-5.0-0082");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"An update of the binutils package has been released.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-5.0-82.md");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected Linux packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-1579");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/03/23");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/08/29");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/07/23");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:binutils");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:vmware:photonos:5.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"PhotonOS Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/PhotonOS/release", "Host/PhotonOS/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include('rpm.inc');
if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var _release = get_kb_item('Host/PhotonOS/release');
if (isnull(_release) || _release !~ "^VMware Photon") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'PhotonOS');
if (_release !~ "^VMware Photon (?:Linux|OS) 5\.0(\D|$)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'PhotonOS 5.0');
if (!get_kb_item('Host/PhotonOS/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'PhotonOS', cpu);
var flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'binutils-2.39-5.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'binutils-devel-2.39-5.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'binutils-libs-2.39-5.ph5')) flag++;
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : rpm_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'binutils');
}
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
23.7%