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OracleVM 3.2 : glibc (OVMSA-2017-0124) (Stack Clash)

high Nessus Plugin ID 102062

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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 :

 - Mitigation for CVE-2017-1000366 glibc: heap/stack gap jumping via unbounded stack allocations.

Solution

Update the affected glibc / glibc-common / nscd packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/oraclevm-errata/2017-July/000753.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 102062

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2017-0124.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Published: 7/31/2017

Updated: 12/4/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

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 Score Source: CVE-2017-1000366

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:glibc, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.2, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:nscd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:glibc-common

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: 7/28/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/19/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1000366