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OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2016-0154)

high Nessus Plugin ID 94534

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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: panic on corrupted stack end (Jann Horn) [Orabug:
 24971921] (CVE-2016-1583)

 - ecryptfs: forbid opening files without mmap handler (Jann Horn) [Orabug: 24971921] (CVE-2016-1583)

 - proc: prevent stacking filesystems on top (Jann Horn) [Orabug: 24971921] (CVE-2016-1583)

Solution

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

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a8380846

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 94534

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2016-0154.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Published: 11/4/2016

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: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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: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:3.4

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: 11/3/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/27/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1583