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OracleVM 3.3 : glibc (OVMSA-2015-0022) (GHOST)

high Nessus Plugin ID 81103

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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 :

 - Fix parsing of numeric hosts in gethostbyname_r (CVE-2015-0235, #1183533).

Solution

Update the affected glibc / glibc-common / nscd packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?73666800

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 81103

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2015-0022.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 1/30/2015

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.3, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:glibc-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:nscd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:glibc

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: 1/29/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/28/2015

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Exim GHOST (glibc gethostbyname) Buffer Overflow)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-0235

BID: 72325