OracleVM 3.3 : xen (OVMSA-2014-0025)

high Nessus Plugin ID 79541

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/HVM: properly bound x2APIC MSR range This is XSA-108. Additional changelog comments added to 4.3.0-55.el6.0.0.3 (CVE-2014-7188)

- Fix for bug 19698535

- x86emul: only emulate software interrupt injection for real mode Protected mode emulation currently lacks proper privilege checking of the referenced IDT entry, and there's currently no legitimate way for any of the respective instructions to reach the emulator when the guest is in protected mode. This is XSA-106.
(CVE-2014-7156)

- x86/emulate: check cpl for all privileged instructions Without this, it is possible for userspace to load its own IDT or GDT. This is XSA-105. (CVE-2014-7155)

Solution

Update the affected xen / xen-tools packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?464e91f4

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 79541

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2014-0025.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 11/26/2014

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:xen-tools, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.3

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/1/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/2/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-7155, CVE-2014-7156, CVE-2014-7188

BID: 70057, 70062, 70198