OracleVM 3.3 / 3.4 : glibc (OVMSA-2017-0113)

high Nessus Plugin ID 100948

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 :

- backport rh patch 1047983 from OL7, Orabug 25407655

- Avoid large allocas in the dynamic linker (#1452711)

- Fix thread cancellation issues for setmntent and others (#1437618).

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/oraclevm-errata/2017-June/000739.html

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/oraclevm-errata/2017-June/000740.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 100948

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2017-0113.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Published: 6/21/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:glibc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:glibc-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:glibc-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:glibc-headers, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:nscd, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.3, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.4

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/20/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/20/2017