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OracleVM 3.2 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0006)

high Nessus Plugin ID 96519

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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 :

 - nvme: Limit command retries (Ashok Vairavan) [Orabug:
 25342947] - tcp: fix use after free in tcp_xmit_retransmit_queue (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug:
 25374376] (CVE-2016-6828)

 - ALSA: pcm : Call kill_fasync in stream lock (Takashi Iwai) [Orabug: 25231728] (CVE-2016-9794)

 - net: avoid signed overflows for SO_[SND|RCV]BUFFORCE (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 25231758] (CVE-2016-9793)

 - KEYS: Fix short sprintf buffer in /proc/keys show function (David Howells) [Orabug: 25306377] (CVE-2016-7042)

Solution

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

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b5c3fbd1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 96519

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2017-0006.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Published: 1/16/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 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: 7.2

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:F/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:3.2

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: 1/13/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/16/2016

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6828, CVE-2016-7042, CVE-2016-9793, CVE-2016-9794