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OracleVM 3.4 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2016-0083)

high Nessus Plugin ID 91775

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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 :

 - sched/core: Clear the root_domain cpumasks in init_rootdomain (Xunlei Pang) [Orabug: 23520741]

 - ocfs2: bump up o2cb network protocol version (Junxiao Bi) [Orabug: 23515810]

 - IB/security: Restrict use of the write interface (Jason Gunthorpe) [Orabug: 23283954] (CVE-2016-4565)

Solution

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

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/oraclevm-errata/2016-June/000497.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 91775

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2016-0083.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Published: 6/23/2016

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:kernel-uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:kernel-uek-firmware, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.4

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/22/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/23/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-4565