OracleVM 3.3 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2015-0069)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 84141

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, vdso: Fix the vdso address randomization algorithm (Andy Lutomirski) [Orabug: 21226729] (CVE-2014-9585)

- isofs: Fix infinite looping over CE entries (Jan Kara) [Orabug: 21225975] (CVE-2014-9420)

- x86_64, switch_to: Load TLS descriptors before switching DS and ES (Andy Lutomirski) [Orabug: 21225937] (CVE-2014-9419)

- xen-netfront: use correct linear area after linearizing an skb (David Vrabel) [Orabug: 21209908] - sched:
Prevent divide by zero when cpu power calculation is 0 (Todd Vierling) [Orabug: 21123125]

Solution

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

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/oraclevm-errata/2015-June/000315.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 84141

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2015-0069.nasl

Version: 2.8

Type: local

Published: 6/12/2015

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A: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: 6/11/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/25/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9419, CVE-2014-9420, CVE-2014-9585

BID: 71717, 71794, 71990