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Oracle Linux 5 : kvm (ELSA-2010-0271)

high Nessus Plugin ID 181100

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2010-0271 advisory.

 - Resolves: bz#563465 (EMBARGOED CVE-2010-0419 kvm: emulator privilege escalation segment selector check [rhel-5.5])
 - kvm-CVE-2010-0297-usb-linux.c-fix-buffer-overflow.patch [bz#560770]
 - Resolves: bz#560770 (CVE-2010-0297 kvm-userspace-rhel5: usb-linux.c: fix buffer overflow [rhel-5.5])
 - Resolves: bz#553126 (CVE-2010-0309 kvm: cat /dev/port in guest cause the host hang [rhel-5.5])
 - Resolves: bz#559095 (EMBARGOED CVE-2010-0298 kvm: emulator privilege escalation [rhel-5.5])
 - Resolves: bz#560698 (EMBARGOED CVE-2010-0306 kvm: emulator privilege escalation IOPL/CPL level check [rhel-5.5])
 - Resolves: bz#541165 (CVE-2009-4031 kernel: KVM: x86 emulator: limit instructions to 15 bytes [rhel-5.5])

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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-2010-0271.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 181100

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2010-0271.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: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-0430

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-0741

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/5/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0430, CVE-2010-0741