OracleVM 3.4 : qemu-kvm (OVMSA-2018-0219) (Spectre)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 109988

Synopsis

The remote OracleVM host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates :

- qemu-kvm-i386-define-the-ssbd-CPUID-feature-bit-CVE-2018
-3639.patch

- Resolves: bz#1574067 (EMBARGOED CVE-2018-3639 qemu-kvm:
Kernel: omega-4 [rhel-6.9.z])

Solution

Update the affected qemu-img package.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/oraclevm-errata/2018-May/000855.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 109988

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2018-0219.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Published: 5/23/2018

Updated: 10/3/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-3639

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.4, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:qemu-img

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/22/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/22/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-3639