Photon OS 5.0: Libtar PHSA-2023-5.0-92-0010
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 181 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0067: libtar (ALINUX3-SA-2023:0067) | 14 May 202500:00 | – | nessus | |
| AlmaLinux 8 : libtar (ALSA-2023:2898) | 20 May 202300:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 8 : libtar (CESA-2023:2898) | 16 May 202300:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian dla-4033 : libtar-dev - security update | 28 Jan 202500:00 | – | nessus | |
| EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : libtar (EulerOS-SA-2022-2713) | 4 Nov 202200:00 | – | nessus | |
| EulerOS 2.0 SP8 : libtar (EulerOS-SA-2023-1324) | 8 Feb 202300:00 | – | nessus | |
| EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.2.0 : libtar (EulerOS-SA-2023-1753) | 6 May 202300:00 | – | nessus | |
| EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.6.0 : libtar (EulerOS-SA-2023-2224) | 13 Jun 202300:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 37 : libtar (2022-88772d0a2d) | 14 Nov 202400:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 36 : libtar (2022-ccc68b06cc) | 28 Dec 202200:00 | – | nessus |
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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from VMware Security Advisory PHSA-2023-5.0-92-0010. The text
# itself is copyright (C) VMware, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(333880);
script_version("1.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/08/10");
script_cve_id(
"CVE-2021-33643",
"CVE-2021-33644",
"CVE-2021-33645",
"CVE-2021-33646"
);
script_name(english:"Photon OS 5.0: Libtar PHSA-2023-5.0-92-0010");
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 libtar package has been released.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Security-Update-5.0-92-10.md");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected Linux packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-33644");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-33643");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2022/08/09");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/05/23");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/08/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:vmware:photonos:libtar");
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) 2026 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:'libtar-1.2.20-7.ph5')) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:'PhotonOS-5.0', cpu:'x86_64', reference:'libtar-devel-1.2.20-7.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, 'libtar');
}
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10 Aug 2026 00:00Current
5.2Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.2
CVSS 3.19.1
EPSS0.01786
SSVC