OracleVM 3.1 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2013-0010)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 79499

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 :

- xen-pciback: rate limit error messages from xen_pcibk_enable_msi[,x] (Jan Beulich) [Orabug:
16243736] (CVE-2013-0231)

- Xen: Fix stack corruption in xen_failsafe_callback for 32bit PVOPS guests. (Frediano Ziglio) [Orabug: 16274171] (CVE-2013-0190)

- netback: correct netbk_tx_err to handle wrap around.
(Ian Campbell) [Orabug: 16243309] (CVE-2013-0216 CVE-2013-0217)

- xen/netback: free already allocated memory on failure in xen_netbk_get_requests (Ian Campbell) [Orabug: 16243309] (CVE-2013-0216 CVE-2013-0217)

- xen/netback: don't leak pages on failure in xen_netbk_tx_check_gop. (Ian Campbell) [Orabug:
16243309] (CVE-2013-0216 CVE-2013-0217)

- xen/netback: shutdown the ring if it contains garbage.
(Ian Campbell) [Orabug: 16243309] (CVE-2013-0216 CVE-2013-0217)

- e1000e: Avoid wrong check on TX hang (Jeff Kirsher) [Orabug: 15834316]

Solution

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

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?5d1ed3fc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 79499

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2013-0010.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 11/26/2014

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.2

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:kernel-uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:kernel-uek-firmware, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/7/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0190, CVE-2013-0216, CVE-2013-0217, CVE-2013-0231

BID: 57433, 57740, 57743, 57744