OracleVM 3.0 : xen (OVMSA-2013-0002)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 79494

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 :

- VT-d: fix interrupt remapping source validation for devices behind legacy bridges Using SVT_VERIFY_BUS here doesn't make sense native Linux also uses SVT_VERIFY_SID_SQ here instead. (CVE-2012-5634)

Solution

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

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?ba9b9da1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 79494

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2013-0002.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 11/26/2014

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:xen-tools, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/9/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/14/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5634

BID: 57223