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OracleVM 3.4 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2024-0014)

high Nessus Plugin ID 208936

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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:

 [4.1.12-124.90.3.1]- vhost/scsi: null-ptr-dereference in vhost_scsi_get_req() (Haoran Zhang) [Orabug:
 37132352]

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

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/OVMSA-2024-0014.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 208936

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2024-0014.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 10/14/2024

Updated: 10/14/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

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: 10/7/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/7/2024