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OracleVM 3.3 / 3.4 : expat (OVMSA-2016-0168)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 95380

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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 :

 - updated security fix for (CVE-2016-0718)

 - add security fix for (CVE-2016-0718)

Solution

Update the affected expat package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?157ade7c

http://www.nessus.org/u?50e8ba95

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 95380

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2016-0168.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Published: 11/29/2016

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:expat, 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: 11/28/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/26/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-0718