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Oracle Solaris Critical Patch Update : oct2016_SRU11_3_11_6_0

high Nessus Plugin ID 94133

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Synopsis

The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch from CPU oct2016.

Description

This Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates :

 - Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Kernel/X86).
 Supported versions that are affected are 10 and 11.3.
 Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Solaris executes to compromise Solaris. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Solaris.
 (CVE-2016-5544)

 - Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Kernel). Supported versions that are affected are 10 and 11.3. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Solaris executes to compromise Solaris. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Solaris accessible data. (CVE-2016-5559)

 - Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: IKE). The supported version that is affected is 11.3. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via IKEv2 to compromise Solaris.
 Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Solaris. (CVE-2016-5561)

Solution

Install the oct2016 CPU from the Oracle support website.

See Also

https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?id=2189657.1

http://www.nessus.org/u?453a538d

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 94133

File Name: solaris_oct2016_SRU11_3_11_6_0.nasl

Version: 2.14

Type: local

Published: 10/19/2016

Updated: 8/11/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:solaris:11.3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Solaris11/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/21/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/25/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5544, CVE-2016-5559, CVE-2016-5561