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OracleVM 3.3 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2015-0150)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 87167

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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 :

 - ipc/sem.c: fully initialize sem_array before making it visible (Manfred Spraul) [Orabug: 22277382] (CVE-2015-7613)

 - ipc: fix msg newqueue add (Guru Anbalagane) [Orabug:
 22277382] (CVE-2015-7613)

 - sctp: fix race on protocol/netns initialization (Marcelo Ricardo Leitner) [Orabug: 22249981] (CVE-2015-5283)

 - Initialize msg/shm IPC objects before doing ipc_addid (Linus Torvalds) [Orabug: 22250045] (CVE-2015-7613)

 - ixgbe: reset copper phy power mode (Ethan Zhao) [Orabug:
 22271769]

Solution

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

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?1fae24a4

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 87167

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2015-0150.nasl

Version: 2.11

Type: local

Published: 12/2/2015

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/1/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/19/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5283, CVE-2015-7613