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Oracle Linux 5 : kvm (ELSA-2014-0163)

high Nessus Plugin ID 72470

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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-2014-0163 advisory.

 - KVM: x86: prevent cross page vapic_addr access (CVE-2013-6368) [bz#1032219]
 - KVM: x86: Fix potential divide by 0 in lapic (CVE-2013-6367) [bz#1032216]
 - Resolves: bz#1032219 (CVE-2013-6368 kvm: cross page vapic_addr access [rhel-5.10])
 - Resolves: bz#1032216 CVE-2013-6367 kvm: division by zero in apic_get_tmcct() [rhel-5.10.z]
 - Resolves: bz#917019 (CVE-2013-1796 kernel: kvm: buffer overflow in handling of MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME [rhel-5.10])
 - Resolves: bz#917023 (CVE-2013-1797 kernel: kvm: after free issue with the handling of MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME [rhel-5.10])
 - Resolves: bz#917029 (CVE-2013-1798 kernel: kvm: out-of-bounds access in ioapic indirect register reads [rhel-5.10])

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-2014-0163.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 72470

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-0163.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/13/2014

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-6368

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

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-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kmod-kvm

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/12/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/14/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6367, CVE-2013-6368

BID: 57420, 58604, 58605, 58607, 64270, 64291

RHSA: 2014:0163