OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2018-0038)

high Nessus Plugin ID 109544

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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 :

- perf/hwbp: Simplify the perf-hwbp code, fix documentation (Linus Torvalds) [Orabug: 27947602] (CVE-2018-100199)

Solution

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 109544

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2018-0038.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Family: OracleVM Local Security Checks

Published: 5/3/2018

Updated: 10/14/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:kernel-uek, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.4, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:kernel-uek-firmware

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/2/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-100199

Detections

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