OracleVM 3.4 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2024-0009)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 204735

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:

[4.1.12-124.87.2.2]- net/mlx5e: drop shorter ethernet frames (Manjunath Patil) [Orabug: 36660755]

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: Critical

ID: 204735

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2024-0009.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: OracleVM Local Security Checks

Published: 7/25/2024

Updated: 7/25/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-41091

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.4, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:kernel-uek, 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: 7/24/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/24/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-41090, CVE-2024-41091

Detections

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