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OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2018-0284)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 119292
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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 :- Revert commit 8bd274934987 ('block: fix bdi vs gendisk lifetime mismatch') (Ashish Samant) [Orabug: 28968102]
- KVM/x86: Add IBPB support (Ashok Raj) [Orabug: 28703712]
- x86/intel/spectre_v2: Remove unnecessary retp_compiler test (Boris Ostrovsky) [Orabug: 28814570]
- x86/intel/spectre_v4: Deprecate spec_store_bypass_disable=userspace (Boris Ostrovsky) [Orabug: 28814570]
- x86/speculation: x86_spec_ctrl_set needs to be called unconditionally (Boris Ostrovsky) [Orabug: 28814570]
- x86/speculation: Drop unused DISABLE_IBRS_CLOBBER macro (Boris Ostrovsky) [Orabug: 28814570]
- x86/intel/spectre_v4: Keep SPEC_CTRL_SSBD when IBRS is in use (Boris Ostrovsky) [Orabug: 28814570]
- net: net_failover: fix typo in net_failover_slave_register (Liran Alon) [Orabug:
28122104]
- virtio_net: Extend virtio to use VF datapath when available (Sridhar Samudrala) [Orabug: 28122104]
- virtio_net: Introduce VIRTIO_NET_F_STANDBY feature bit (Sridhar Samudrala) [Orabug: 28122104]
- net: Introduce net_failover driver (Sridhar Samudrala) [Orabug: 28122104]
- net: Introduce generic failover module (Sridhar Samudrala) [Orabug: 28122104]
- net: introduce lower state changed info structure for LAG lowers (Jiri Pirko) [Orabug: 28122104]
- net: introduce change lower state notifier (Jiri Pirko) [Orabug: 28122104]
- net: add info struct for LAG changeupper (Jiri Pirko) [Orabug: 28122104]
- net: add possibility to pass information about upper device via notifier (Jiri Pirko) [Orabug: 28122104]
- net: Check CHANGEUPPER notifier return value (Ido Schimmel) [Orabug: 28122104]
- net: introduce change upper device notifier change info (Jiri Pirko)
- x86/bugs: rework x86_spec_ctrl_set to make its changes explicit (Daniel Jordan) [Orabug: 28271063]
- x86/bugs: rename ssbd_ibrs_selected to ssbd_userspace_selected (Daniel Jordan) [Orabug:
28271063]
- x86/bugs: always use x86_spec_ctrl_base or _priv when setting spec ctrl MSR (Daniel Jordan) [Orabug: 28271063]
- xen-blkfront: fix kernel panic with negotiate_mq error path (Manjunath Patil) [Orabug: 28798861]
- scsi: lpfc: Correct MDS diag and nvmet configuration (James Smart)
- scsi: virtio_scsi: let host do exception handling (Paolo Bonzini)
- net/rds: Fix endless RNR situation (Venkat Venkatsubra) [Orabug: 28857027]
- scsi: sg: allocate with __GFP_ZERO in sg_build_indirect (Alexander Potapenko) [Orabug: 28892656] (CVE-2018-1000204)
- cdrom: fix improper type cast, which can leat to information leak. (Young_X) [Orabug: 28929767] (CVE-2018-16658) (CVE-2018-10940) (CVE-2018-18710)
Solution
Update the affected kernel-uek / kernel-uek-firmware packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 119292
File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2018-0284.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Family: OracleVM Local Security Checks
Published: 11/30/2018
Updated: 7/18/2024
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.3
Temporal Score: 4.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1000204
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.1
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16658
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: 11/29/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/9/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-1000204, CVE-2018-10940, CVE-2018-16658, CVE-2018-18710