OracleVM 2.1 : kernel (OVMSA-2008-2006)

high Nessus Plugin ID 79448

Synopsis

The remote OracleVM host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates :

- CVE-2008-2931: missing check before setting mount propagation

- CVE-2007-6716: dio: use kzalloc to zero out struct dio

- CVE-2008-3272: snd_seq_oss_synth_make_info leak

- CVE-2008-3275: vfs: fix lookup on deleted directory

- CVE-2007-6417: tmpfs: restore missing clear_highpage

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?6b54f55b

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 79448

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2008-2006.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Published: 11/26/2014

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:kernel-boot, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:kernel-boot-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:kernel-kdump, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:kernel-kdump-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:kernel-ovs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:kernel-ovs-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:2.1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/29/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/17/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6417, CVE-2007-6716, CVE-2008-2931, CVE-2008-3272, CVE-2008-3275

BID: 27694, 30126, 30559, 30647, 31515

CWE: 189, 200, 264, 399