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OracleVM 3.3 / 3.4 : policycoreutils (OVMSA-2016-0157)
high Nessus Plugin ID 94909
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Synopsis
The remote OracleVM host is missing a security update.Description
The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates :- Lazy unmount private, shared entry(Joe Jin)[orabug 12560705]
- sandbox: create a new session for sandboxed processes Resolves: (CVE-2016-7545)
- Update translations Resolves: rhbz#819794
- Fix sepolgen test cases Resolves: rhbz#1306550
- sandbox: Improve comments in sysconfig file Resolves:
rhbz#1159336
- secon, newrole: fix inconsistence between --help and man page Resolves: rhbz#1278811, rhbz#1278913
- restorecond: treat root as a regular user Resolves:
rhbz#1281877
- semanage: don't skip reserver_port_t Resolves:
rhbz#1225806
- semanage: check if a store exists Resolves: rhbz#1208801
- fixfiles: check the SELinux status Resolves:
rhbz#1240788
- semanage: Use OrderedDict for list of fcontexts Resolves: rhbz#1206767
Solution
Update the affected policycoreutils package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 94909
File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2016-0157.nasl
Version: 2.6
Type: local
Family: OracleVM Local Security Checks
Published: 11/16/2016
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.3
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: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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:policycoreutils, 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 Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/15/2016
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/19/2017
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2016-7545