A security engineer recently discovered a vulnerability in the operating system of the company VMs. The operations team reviews the issue and decides all VMs need to be updated from version 3.4.0 to…

The correct answer is C. Minor. Semantic versioning follows a Major.Minor.Patch format. In the version change from 3.4.0 to 3.4.1, only the third digit (patch/build number) changed, while the major version (3) and minor version (4) remained the same. This indicates a small, targeted fix - such as a security…

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A security engineer recently discovered a vulnerability in the operating system of the company VMs. The operations team reviews the issue and decides all VMs need to be updated from version 3.4.0 to 3.4.1. Which of the following best describes the type of update that will be applied?

Options

AConsistent
BMajor
CMinor
DEphemeral

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A
3% (1)
C
93% (27)
D
3% (1)

Explanation

Semantic versioning follows a Major.Minor.Patch format. In the version change from 3.4.0 to 3.4.1, only the third digit (patch/build number) changed, while the major version (3) and minor version (4) remained the same. This indicates a small, targeted fix - such as a security patch for a specific CVE - with no new features or breaking changes. Among the available choices, 'Minor' is the correct category because the update is neither a major release (which changes the first digit) nor an insignificant ephemeral change. 'Consistent' and 'Ephemeral' are not standard software versioning terms.

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