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Oracle Linux 5 : kvm (ELSA-2011-0028)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 181017

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2011-0028 advisory.

 - CVE: CVE-2010-4525
 - Resolves: bz#570532 (CVE-2010-0435 kvm: vmx null pointer dereference)
 - CVE: CVE-2010-0435
 - Related: bz#639887 (CVE-2010-3698 kvm: invalid selector in fs/gs causes kernel panic [rhel-5.6])
 - Resolves: bz#639887 (CVE-2010-3698 kvm: invalid selector in fs/gs causes kernel panic [rhel-5.6])
 - Resolves: bz#649929 (CVE-2010-3881 kvm: arch/x86/kvm/x86.c: reading uninitialized stack memory [5.6])
 - CVE: CVE-2010-0431
 - Resolves: bz#568817 (CVE-2010-0431 qemu: Insufficient guest provided pointers validation)
 - Resolves: bz#619413 (CVE-2010-2784 qemu: insufficient constraints checking in exec.c:subpage_register() [rhel-5.6])

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-0028.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 181017

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-0028.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-4525

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kvm-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kvm-qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kvm, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kmod-kvm-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kmod-kvm

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/20/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/5/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-4525