OracleVM 2.2 : xen (OVMSA-2012-0022)

high Nessus Plugin ID 79478

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-2012-0217 CVE-2012-0218: guest DoS on syscall/sysenter exception generation [orabug 13993157]

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/oraclevm-errata/2012-June/000084.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 79478

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2012-0022.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Published: 11/26/2014

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:xen-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:xen-pvhvm-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:xen, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:2.2, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:xen-debugger, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:xen-64

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/13/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/12/2012

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Metasploit (FreeBSD Intel SYSRET Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0217, CVE-2012-0218

BID: 53856, 53955