OracleVM 3.3 / 3.4 : bind (OVMSA-2017-0100)

high Nessus Plugin ID 100090

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 :

- Fix DNSKEY that encountered a CNAME (#1447869, ISC change 3391)

- Fix CVE-2017-3136 (ISC change 4575)

- Fix CVE-2017-3137 (ISC change 4578)

- Fix and test caching CNAME before DNAME (ISC change 4558)

- Fix CVE-2016-9147 (ISC change 4510)

- Fix regression introduced by CVE-2016-8864 (ISC change 4530)

- Restore SELinux contexts before named restart

- Use /lib or /lib64 only if directory in chroot already exists

- Tighten NSS library pattern, escape chroot mount path

- Fix (CVE-2016-8864)

- Do not change lib permissions in chroot (#1321239)

- Support WKS records in chroot (#1297562)

- Do not include patch backup in docs (fixes #1325081 patch)

- Backported relevant parts of [RT #39567] (#1259923)

- Increase ISC_SOCKET_MAXEVENTS to 2048 (#1326283)

- Fix multiple realms in nsupdate script like upstream (#1313286)

- Fix multiple realm in nsupdate script (#1313286)

- Use resolver-query-timeout high enough to recover all forwarders (#1325081)

Solution

Update the affected bind-libs / bind-utils packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/oraclevm-errata/2017-May/000692.html

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/oraclevm-errata/2017-May/000693.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 100090

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2017-0100.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Published: 5/10/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:bind-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:bind-utils, 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: 5/9/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/2/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-8864, CVE-2016-9147, CVE-2017-3136, CVE-2017-3137