OracleVM 3.1 : xen (OVMSA-2012-0046)

high Nessus Plugin ID 79485

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 :

- Xen Security Advisory CVE-2012-4411 / XSA-19 version 2 guest administrator can access qemu monitor console Disable qemu monitor by default. The qemu monitor is an overly powerful feature which must be protected from untrusted (guest) administrators. (CVE-2012-4411)

- fix xm create vcpu_avail exceeds XMLRPC int limits If maxvcpus = vcpus = 40, (1<<40 -1) will exceed XMLRPC int limit. Change it to str will work. Then in the xend side, it will converted back to int. (CVE-2012-3515)

Solution

Update the affected xen / xen-devel / xen-tools packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?fdeedcb2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 79485

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2012-0046.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 11/26/2014

Updated: 1/4/2021

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:xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:xen-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:xen-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/22/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/23/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3515, CVE-2012-4411

BID: 55413, 55442