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OracleVM 3.1 : xen (OVMSA-2013-0087)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 79524
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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 :- x86/HVM: only allow ring 0 guest code to make hypercalls Anything else would allow for privilege escalation. This is CVE-2013-4554 / XSA-76. (CVE-2013-4554)
- x86: restrict XEN_DOMCTL_getmemlist Coverity ID 1055652 (See the code comment.) This is CVE-2013-4553 / XSA-74.
(CVE-2013-4553)
- gnttab: correct locking order reversal Coverity ID 1087189 Correct a lock order reversal between a domains page allocation and grant table locks. This is CVE-2013-4494 / XSA-73.
Consolidate error handling.
Backported to Xen-4.1 (CVE-2013-4494)
Solution
Update the affected xen / xen-devel / xen-tools packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 79524
File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2013-0087.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Family: OracleVM Local Security Checks
Published: 11/26/2014
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.2
Temporal Score: 4.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/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:3.1
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleVM/release, Host/OracleVM/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/6/2013
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/2/2013