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Oracle Linux 5 : kvm (ELSA-2010-0627)

high Nessus Plugin ID 68085

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2010-0627 advisory.

 - Resolves: bz#619412 (CVE-2010-2784 qemu: insufficient constraints checking in exec.c:subpage_register() [rhel-5.5.z])
 - kvm-kernel-fix-null-pointer-dereference.patch [bz#570531]
 - Resolves: bz#570531
 - CVE: CVE-2010-0435

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2010-0627.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 68085

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2010-0627.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 4/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-2784

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-0431

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kvm-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kvm-qemu-img, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kvm, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kmod-kvm

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 8/19/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/24/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0431, CVE-2010-0435, CVE-2010-2784

RHSA: 2010:0627