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OracleVM 3.3 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2016-0092)

high Nessus Plugin ID 92659

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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 :

 - mlx4: Increase SYNC_TPT command timeout (Mukesh Kacker) [Orabug: 22895790]

 - neigh: do not modify unlinked entries (Julian Anastasov) [Orabug: 23072705]

 - mm/slab: Improve performance of slabinfo stats gathering (Aruna Ramakrishna) [Orabug: 23720437]

 - atl2: Disable unimplemented scatter/gather feature (Ben Hutchings) [Orabug: 23703901] (CVE-2016-2117) (CVE-2016-2117)

Solution

Update the affected kernel-uek / kernel-uek-firmware packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/oraclevm-errata/2016-July/000507.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 92659

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2016-0092.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Published: 8/1/2016

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:kernel-uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:kernel-uek-firmware, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleVM/release, Host/OracleVM/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/29/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/2/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2117