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OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2018-0261)

high Nessus Plugin ID 117846

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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 :

 - exec: Limit arg stack to at most 75% of _STK_LIM (Kees Cook) [Orabug: 28709994] (CVE-2018-14634)

Solution

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

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?7c6115c3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 117846

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2018-0261.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 10/1/2018

Updated: 8/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-14634

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/29/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/25/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-14634