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OracleVM 3.4 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2024-0013)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 208092

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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:

 [4.1.12-124.90.3]- SUNRPC: increase size of rpc_wait_queue.qlen from unsigned short to unsigned int (Dai Ngo) [Orabug: 37055439][4.1.12-124.90.2]- scsi: lpfc: Fix possible memory leak in lpfc_rcv_padisc() (Justin Tee) [Orabug: 36643241] {CVE-2024-35930}- scsi: qla2xxx: Fix command flush on cable pull (Quinn Tran) [Orabug: 36596617] {CVE-2024-26931}- VMCI: Fix use-after-free when removing resource in vmci_resource_remove() (David Fernandez Gonzalez) [Orabug: 33917166][4.1.12-124.90.1]- i40e: Do not use WQ_MEM_RECLAIM flag for workqueue (Sindhu Devale) [Orabug: 36643519] {CVE-2024-36004}- dyndbg: fix old BUG_ON in >control parser (Jim Cromie) [Orabug: 36643340] {CVE-2024-35947}- btrfs: send: handle path ref underflow in header iterate_inode_ref() (David Sterba) [Orabug: 36643269] {CVE-2024-35935}- ipv6: Fix infinite recursion in fib6_dump_done(). (Kuniyuki Iwashima) [Orabug: 36643095] {CVE-2024-35886}- x86/mm/pat: fix VM_PAT handling in COW mappings (David Hildenbrand) [Orabug: 36643059] {CVE-2024-35877}

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.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2024-26931.html

https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2024-35877.html

https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2024-35886.html

https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2024-35930.html

https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2024-35935.html

https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2024-35947.html

https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2024-36004.html

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/OVMSA-2024-0013.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 208092

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2024-0013.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 10/3/2024

Updated: 10/3/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-36004

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:N/I:N/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: 10/1/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/1/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-26931, CVE-2024-35877, CVE-2024-35886, CVE-2024-35930, CVE-2024-35935, CVE-2024-35947, CVE-2024-36004