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OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2016-0134)

high Nessus Plugin ID 93709

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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 :

 - netfilter: x_tables: make sure e->next_offset covers remaining blob size (Florian Westphal) [Orabug:
 24682076] (CVE-2016-4997) (CVE-2016-4998)

 - netfilter: x_tables: validate e->target_offset early (Florian Westphal) [Orabug: 24682076] (CVE-2016-4997) (CVE-2016-4998)

Solution

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

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?be9fcee1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 93709

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2016-0134.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Published: 9/26/2016

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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: 7.5

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:H/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:3.4

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: 9/23/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/3/2016

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Linux Kernel 4.6.3 Netfilter Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-4997, CVE-2016-4998