OracleVM 3.2 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0121)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 101200

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 :

- nfsd: check for oversized NFSv2/v3 arguments (J. Bruce Fields) [Orabug: 26366024] (CVE-2017-7645)

- dm mpath: allow ioctls to trigger pg init (Mikulas Patocka) [Orabug: 25645229]

- xen/manage: Always freeze/thaw processes when suspend/resuming (Ross Lagerwall) [Orabug: 25795530]

- lpfc cannot establish connection with targets that send PRLI under P2P mode (Joe Jin) [Orabug: 25955028]

- nvme: Handle PM1725 HIL reset (Martin K. Petersen) [Orabug: 26277602]

- dccp/tcp: do not inherit mc_list from parent (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 26108573] (CVE-2017-8890)

- cifs: adjust sequence number downward after signing NT_CANCEL request (Albert Barbe)

- nfsd: stricter decoding of write-like NFSv2/v3 ops (J.
Bruce Fields) [Orabug: 25986995] (CVE-2017-7895)

Solution

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

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/oraclevm-errata/2017-July/000749.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 101200

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2017-0121.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Published: 7/3/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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: 7/1/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7645, CVE-2017-7895, CVE-2017-8890