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. Updating from version 3.4.0 to 3.5.0 increments the middle number in semantic versioning, which indicates a minor update. Minor updates typically add functionality or enhancements while maintaining compatibility, unlike patches (last digit) or major updates (first digit).

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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 3.5.0. Which of the following best describes the type of update that will be applied?

Options

AConsistent
BPatch
CMinor
DEphemeral

How the community answered

(28 responses)

C
96% (27)
D
4% (1)

Explanation

Updating from version 3.4.0 to 3.5.0 increments the middle number in semantic versioning, which indicates a minor update. Minor updates typically add functionality or enhancements while maintaining compatibility, unlike patches (last digit) or major updates (first digit).

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#Software versioning#Minor update#System updates#Vulnerability management

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