Oracle Solaris Critical Patch Update : oct2015_SRU11_2_13_6_0

medium Nessus Plugin ID 86532

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Synopsis

The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch from CPU oct2015.

Description

This Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates :

- Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Solaris Kernel Zones). The supported version that is affected is 11.2.
Easily exploitable vulnerability requiring logon to Operating System. Successful attack of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Solaris accessible data. (CVE-2015-4801)

- Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Kernel Zones virtualized NIC driver). The supported version that is affected is 11.2. Very difficult to exploit vulnerability requiring logon to Operating System.
Successful attack of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized Operating System takeover including arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2015-4817)

- Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Solaris Kernel Zones). The supported version that is affected is 11.2.
Very difficult to exploit vulnerability requiring logon to Operating System. Successful attack of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized Operating System takeover including arbitrary code execution.
(CVE-2015-4820)

- Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Solaris Kernel Zones). The supported version that is affected is 11.2.
Very difficult to exploit vulnerability requiring logon to Operating System. Successful attack of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Solaris. (CVE-2015-4822)

- Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Solaris Kernel Zones). The supported version that is affected is 11.2.
Easily exploitable vulnerability requiring logon to Operating System. Successful attack of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized Operating System hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS). (CVE-2015-4831)

- Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Utility/Security).
The supported version that is affected is 11.2.
Difficult to exploit vulnerability requiring logon to Operating System plus additional login/authentication to component or subcomponent. Successful attack of this vulnerability can escalate attacker privileges resulting in unauthorized Operating System takeover including arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2015-4837)

- Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Solaris Kernel Zones). The supported version that is affected is 11.2.
Easily exploitable vulnerability requiring logon to Operating System. Successful attack of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Solaris as well as update, insert or delete access to some Solaris accessible data and read access to a subset of Solaris accessible data. (CVE-2015-4907)

Solution

Install the oct2015 CPU from the Oracle support website.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 86532

File Name: solaris_oct2015_SRU11_2_13_6_0.nasl

Version: 2.13

Type: local

Family: Solaris Local Security Checks

Published: 10/22/2015

Updated: 8/11/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:solaris:11.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Solaris11/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/27/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-4801, CVE-2015-4817, CVE-2015-4820, CVE-2015-4822, CVE-2015-4831, CVE-2015-4837, CVE-2015-4907

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