OracleVM 3.3 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2015-0113)

low Nessus Plugin ID 85340

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 :

- md: use kzalloc when bitmap is disabled (Benjamin Randazzo) [Orabug: 21563041] (CVE-2015-5697)

Solution

Update the affected kernel-uek / kernel-uek-firmware packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?0a4d39a8

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 85340

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2015-0113.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Published: 8/12/2015

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:kernel-uek, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.3, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:kernel-uek-firmware

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/11/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/31/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5697