OracleVM 2.2 : xen (OVMSA-2015-0151)

high Nessus Plugin ID 87273

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-up bad changelog dates

- guard against undue super page PTE creation XSA-148 (Jan Beulich)

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?3cc86608

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 87273

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2015-0151.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Published: 12/9/2015

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:xen-64, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:xen-debugger, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:xen-pvhvm-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:xen-tools, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:2.2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/8/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/30/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-7835