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Virtuozzo 7 : readykernel-patch (VZA-2019-003)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 121419

Synopsis

The remote Virtuozzo host is missing a security update.

Description

According to the version of the vzkernel package and the readykernel-patch installed, the Virtuozzo installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

 - A flaw was found in the implementation of ebtables in the Linux kernel. A local attacker in a container could exploit it to consume large amounts of memory, eventually causing denial of service on the host.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Virtuozzo security advisory.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the readykernel patch.

See Also

https://virtuozzosupport.force.com/s/article/VZA-2019-003

http://www.nessus.org/u?829b4f10

http://www.nessus.org/u?0a669234

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 121419

File Name: Virtuozzo_VZA-2019-003.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 1/28/2019

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:virtuozzo:virtuozzo:7, p-cpe:/a:virtuozzo:virtuozzo:readykernel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Virtuozzo/release, Host/Virtuozzo/rpm-list, Host/readykernel-info

Patch Publication Date: 1/24/2019