OracleVM 3.1 : xen (OVMSA-2013-0091)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 79527

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 :

- x86/AMD: work around erratum 793 The recommendation is to set a bit in an MSR - do this if the firmware didn't, considering that otherwise we expose ourselves to a guest induced DoS. This is CVE-2013-6885 / XSA-82.
(CVE-2013-6885)

Solution

Update the affected xen / xen-devel / xen-tools packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b318a069

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 79527

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2013-0091.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 11/26/2014

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:xen-tools, 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: 12/16/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/28/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6885

BID: 63983