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OracleVM 3.1 : xen (OVMSA-2012-0021)
high Nessus Plugin ID 79477
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Synopsis
The remote OracleVM host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates :- x86-64: detect processors subject to AMD erratum #121 and refuse to boot(CVE-2006-0744)
- guest denial of service on syscall/sysenter exception generation (CVE-2012-0217),(CVE-2012-0218)
- Remove unnecessary balloon retries on vm create. This is a backport from fix for bug 14143327.
Solution
Update the affected xen / xen-devel / xen-tools packages.See Also
https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/oraclevm-errata/2012-June/000082.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 79477
File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2012-0021.nasl
Version: 1.10
Type: local
Family: OracleVM Local Security Checks
Published: 11/26/2014
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.8
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.2
Temporal Score: 6.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:xen-tools, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.1
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleVM/release, Host/OracleVM/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/13/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2006
Exploitable With
CANVAS (CANVAS)
Core Impact
Metasploit (FreeBSD Intel SYSRET Privilege Escalation)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2006-0744, CVE-2012-0217, CVE-2012-0218
CWE: 20