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OracleVM 3.3 / 3.4 : ocaml (OVMSA-2017-0049)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 99076

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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 :

 - Enable execshield stack protection on ppc/ppc64 (572826) related: rhbz#1343082

 - Fix strict-aliasing warnings in build (990540).

 - Fix buffer overflow and information leak (CVE-2015-8869) resolves: rhbz#1343082

Solution

Update the affected ocaml-runtime package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a6cb24df

http://www.nessus.org/u?5299d2d4

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 99076

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2017-0049.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Published: 3/30/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:ocaml-runtime, 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: 3/29/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8869