OracleVM 3.4 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2024-0006)

high Nessus Plugin ID 201922

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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 security updates:

[4.1.12-124.87.2]- net: sched: fix race condition in qdisc_graft() (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 35250827] {CVE-2023-0590}[4.1.12-124.87.1]- ipv4: igmp: fix refcnt uaf issue when receiving igmp query packet (Zhengchao Shao) [Orabug: 36654101] {CVE-2023-6932}- net: convert ip_mc_list.refcnt from atomic_t to refcount_t (Reshetova, Elena) [Orabug: 36654101] - net/sched: sch_hfsc: Ensure inner classes have fsc curve (Budimir Markovic) [Orabug: 35810544] {CVE-2023-4623}- tcp: Reduce chance of collisions in inet6_hashfn(). (Stewart Smith) [Orabug: 35754477] {CVE-2023-1206}

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the OracleVM 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 kernel-uek / kernel-uek-firmware packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 201922

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2024-0006.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: OracleVM Local Security Checks

Published: 7/5/2024

Updated: 7/5/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-4623

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/3/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/17/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-0590, CVE-2023-1206, CVE-2023-4623, CVE-2023-6932

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