OracleVM 3.2 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0061)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 99391

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 :

- udp: properly support MSG_PEEK with truncated buffers (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 25874741] (CVE-2016-10229)

- block: fix use-after-free in seq file (Vegard Nossum) [Orabug: 25877531] (CVE-2016-7910)

Solution

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

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?aae7407c

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 99391

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2017-0061.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Published: 4/14/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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:3.2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/13/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/16/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10229, CVE-2016-7910