OracleVM 3.3 / 3.4 : openssh (OVMSA-2016-0048)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 91153

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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 :

- CVE-2016-3115: missing sanitisation of input for X11 forwarding (#1317817)

- Restore functionallity of pam_ssh_agent_auth in FIPS mode (#1278315)

- Initialize devices_done variable for challenge response (#1281468)

- Update behaviour of X11 forwarding to match upstream (#1299048)

- Ammends previous release, fixing typos and behaviour changes

Solution

Update the affected openssh / openssh-clients / openssh-server packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 91153

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2016-0048.nasl

Version: 2.8

Type: local

Family: OracleVM Local Security Checks

Published: 5/16/2016

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:openssh, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:openssh-clients, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:openssh-server, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.3, 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: 5/13/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/22/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-3115

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