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OracleVM 3.3 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2016-0139)

high Nessus Plugin ID 93908

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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 :

 - HID: hiddev: validate num_values for HIDIOCGUSAGES, HIDIOCSUSAGES commands (Scott Bauer) [Orabug: 24798695] (CVE-2016-5829)

 - Revert 'rds: skip rx/tx work when destroying connection' (Brian Maly) [Orabug: 24790116]

 - scsi_sysfs: protect against double execution of
 __scsi_remove_device (Vitaly Kuznetsov) [Orabug:
 23720563]

 - ocfs2: Fix double put of recount tree in ocfs2_lock_refcount_tree (Ashish Samant) [Orabug:
 24691666]

 - netfilter: x_tables: speed up jump target validation (Florian Westphal) [Orabug: 24690304] (CVE-2016-3134)

 - netfilter: x_tables: enforce nul-terminated table name from getsockopt GET_ENTRIES (Pablo Neira Ayuso) [Orabug:
 24690304] (CVE-2016-3134)

 - netfilter: remove unused comefrom hookmask argument (Florian Westphal) [Orabug: 24690304] (CVE-2016-3134)

 - netfilter: x_tables: introduce and use xt_copy_counters_from_user (Florian Westphal) [Orabug:
 24690304] (CVE-2016-3134)

 - netfilter: x_tables: do compat validation via translate_table (Florian Westphal) [Orabug: 24690304] (CVE-2016-3134)

 - netfilter: x_tables: xt_compat_match_from_user doesn't need a retval (Florian Westphal) [Orabug: 24690304] (CVE-2016-3134)

 - netfilter: ip6_tables: simplify translate_compat_table args (Florian Westphal) [Orabug: 24690304] (CVE-2016-3134)

 - netfilter: ip_tables: simplify translate_compat_table args (Florian Westphal) [Orabug: 24690304] (CVE-2016-3134)

 - netfilter: arp_tables: simplify translate_compat_table args (Florian Westphal) [Orabug: 24690304] (CVE-2016-3134)

 - netfilter: x_tables: don't reject valid target size on some architectures (Florian Westphal) [Orabug: 24690304] (CVE-2016-3134)

 - netfilter: x_tables: validate all offsets and sizes in a rule (Florian Westphal) [Orabug: 24690304] (CVE-2016-3134)

 - netfilter: x_tables: check for bogus target offset (Florian Westphal) [Orabug: 24690304] (CVE-2016-3134)

 - netfilter: x_tables: check standard target size too (Florian Westphal) [Orabug: 24690304] (CVE-2016-3134)

 - netfilter: x_tables: add compat version of xt_check_entry_offsets (Florian Westphal) [Orabug:
 24690304] (CVE-2016-3134)

 - netfilter: x_tables: assert minimum target size (Florian Westphal) [Orabug: 24690304] (CVE-2016-3134)

 - netfilter: x_tables: kill check_entry helper (Florian Westphal) [Orabug: 24690304] (CVE-2016-3134)

 - netfilter: x_tables: add and use xt_check_entry_offsets (Florian Westphal) [Orabug: 24690304] (CVE-2016-3134)

 - netfilter: x_tables: validate targets of jumps (Florian Westphal) [Orabug: 24690304] (CVE-2016-3134)

 - netfilter: x_tables: fix unconditional helper (Florian Westphal) [Orabug: 24690304] (CVE-2016-3134)

 - netfilter: x_tables: validate targets of jumps (Florian Westphal) [Orabug: 24690304] (CVE-2016-3134)

 - netfilter: x_tables: don't move to non-existent next rule (Florian Westphal) [Orabug: 24690304] (CVE-2016-3134)

 - netfilter: x_tables: fix unconditional helper (Florian Westphal) [Orabug: 24690304] (CVE-2016-3134)

 - netfilter: x_tables: check for size overflow (Florian Westphal) [Orabug: 24690304] (CVE-2016-3134)

 - NFSv4: Fail I/O if the state recovery fails irrevocably (Trond Myklebust) [Orabug: 24681407]

 - rds: skip rx/tx work when destroying connection (Wengang Wang)

- ocfs2: Fix start offset to ocfs2_zero_range_for_truncate (Ashish Samant) [Orabug: 23747627]

 - sched/core: Clear the root_domain cpumasks in init_rootdomain (Xunlei Pang) [Orabug: 23518545]

 - ocfs2: move dquot_initialize in ocfs2_delete_inode somewhat later (Jan Kara) [Orabug: 23097098]

 - fuse: fix typo while displaying fuse numa mount option (Ashish Samant)

 - IB/mlx4: Replace kfree with kvfree in mlx4_ib_destroy_srq (Wengang Wang) [Orabug: 22570521]

 - ocfs2: return non-zero st_blocks for inline data (John Haxby)

- watchdog: update watchdog_thresh properly (Michal Hocko) [Orabug: 21868337]

Solution

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

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?de07eae7

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 93908

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2016-0139.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Published: 10/7/2016

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: 5.6

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 7.6

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/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:3.3

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: 10/6/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/27/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-3134, CVE-2016-5829