OracleVM 3.3 / 3.4 : openssh (OVMSA-2016-0048)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 91153

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 :

- CVE-2016-3115: missing sanitisation of input for X11 forwarding (#1317817)

- Restore functionallity of pam_ssh_agent_auth in FIPS mode (#1278315)

- Initialize devices_done variable for challenge response (#1281468)

- Update behaviour of X11 forwarding to match upstream (#1299048)

- Ammends previous release, fixing typos and behaviour changes

Solution

Update the affected openssh / openssh-clients / openssh-server packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/oraclevm-errata/2016-May/000462.html

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/oraclevm-errata/2016-May/000461.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 91153

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2016-0048.nasl

Version: 2.8

Type: local

Published: 5/16/2016

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:openssh, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:openssh-clients, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:openssh-server, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.3, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.4

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: 5/13/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/22/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-3115