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OracleVM 3.4 : xen (OVMSA-2018-0020) (Meltdown) (Spectre)

high Nessus Plugin ID 107129

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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 :

 - BUILDINFO: OVMF commit=173bf5c847e3ca8b42c11796ce048d8e2e916ff8

 - BUILDINFO: xen commit=9ccc143584e12027a8db854d19ce8a120d22cfac

 - BUILDINFO: QEMU upstream commit=8bff6989bd0bafcc0ddf859c23ce6a2ff21a80ff

 - BUILDINFO: QEMU traditional commit=346fdd7edd73f8287d0d0a2bab9c67b71bc6b8ba

 - BUILDINFO: IPXE commit=9a93db3f0947484e30e753bbd61a10b17336e20e

 - BUILDINFO: SeaBIOS commit=7d9cbe613694924921ed1a6f8947d711c5832eee

 - gnttab: don't blindly free status pages upon version change (Andrew Cooper)&nbsp [Orabug: 27614581]&nbsp (CVE-2018-7541)

 - memory: don't implicitly unpin for decrease-reservation (Andrew Cooper)&nbsp [Orabug: 27614605]&nbsp (CVE-2018-7540)

 - xend: allow setting topology if smt is off in bios (Elena Ufimtseva)&nbsp

- x86/svm: clear CPUID IBPB when feature is not supported (Elena Ufimtseva)&nbsp [Orabug: 27416699]

 - x86/domain: Move hvm_vcpu_initialize before cpuid_policy_changed (Elena Ufimtseva)&nbsp [Orabug:
 27416699]

 - x86, amd_ucode: support multiple container files appended together (Aravind Gopalakrishnan)&nbsp [Orabug: 27416699]

 - x86/intel: change default governor to performance (Joao Martins)

- x86/cpuidle: Disable deep C-states due to erratum AAJ72 (Joao Martins)&nbsp [Orabug: 27614625]

 - Revert 'set max cstate to 1' (Joao Martins)&nbsp [Orabug: 27614625]

 - x86/cpuidle: add new CPU families (Jan Beulich)&nbsp [Orabug: 27614625]

 - x86/Intel: Broadwell doesn't have PKG_C[8,9,10]_RESIDENCY MSRs (Jan Beulich)&nbsp [Orabug: 27614625]

 - x86: support newer Intel CPU models (Jan Beulich)&nbsp [Orabug: 27614625]

 - mwait-idle: add KBL support (Len Brown)&nbsp [Orabug:
 27614625]

 - mwait-idle: add SKX support (Len Brown)&nbsp [Orabug:
 27614625]

 - mwait_idle: Skylake Client Support (Len Brown)&nbsp [Orabug: 27614625]

 - x86: support newer Intel CPU models (Jan Beulich)&nbsp [Orabug: 27614625]

 - x86/idle: update to include further package/core residency MSRs (Jan Beulich)&nbsp [Orabug: 27614625]

 - mwait-idle: support additional Broadwell model (Len Brown) [Orabug: 27614625]

 - x86/mwait-idle: Broadwell support (Len Brown)&nbsp [Orabug: 27614625]

 - x86/mwait-idle: disable Baytrail Core and Module C6 auto-demotion (Len Brown)&nbsp [Orabug: 27614625]

 - mwait-idle: add CPU model 54 (Atom N2000 series) (Jan Kiszka) [Orabug: 27614625]

 - mwait-idle: support Bay Trail (Len Brown)&nbsp [Orabug:
 27614625]

 - mwait-idle: allow sparse sub-state numbering, for Bay Trail (Len Brown)&nbsp [Orabug: 27614625]

 - BUILDINFO: OVMF commit=173bf5c847e3ca8b42c11796ce048d8e2e916ff8

 - BUILDINFO: xen commit=c837c35e1c04791a50f930926ba815ca5b4d3661

 - BUILDINFO: QEMU upstream commit=8bff6989bd0bafcc0ddf859c23ce6a2ff21a80ff

 - BUILDINFO: QEMU traditional commit=346fdd7edd73f8287d0d0a2bab9c67b71bc6b8ba

 - BUILDINFO: IPXE commit=9a93db3f0947484e30e753bbd61a10b17336e20e

 - BUILDINFO: SeaBIOS commit=7d9cbe613694924921ed1a6f8947d711c5832eee

 - xend: restore smt parameter on guest reboot (Elena Ufimtseva) [Orabug: 27574191]

 - BUILDINFO: OVMF commit=173bf5c847e3ca8b42c11796ce048d8e2e916ff8

 - BUILDINFO: xen commit=f36f7903ae0886ab4ef7e3e01c83c9dba819537b

 - BUILDINFO: QEMU upstream commit=8bff6989bd0bafcc0ddf859c23ce6a2ff21a80ff

 - BUILDINFO: QEMU traditional commit=346fdd7edd73f8287d0d0a2bab9c67b71bc6b8ba

 - BUILDINFO: IPXE commit=9a93db3f0947484e30e753bbd61a10b17336e20e

 - BUILDINFO: SeaBIOS commit=7d9cbe613694924921ed1a6f8947d711c5832eee

 - x86/spec_ctrl: Fix several bugs in SPEC_CTRL_ENTRY_FROM_INTR_IST (Andrew Cooper)&nbsp [Orabug: 27553369]&nbsp (CVE-2017-5753) (CVE-2017-5715) (CVE-2017-5754)

 - x86: allow easier disabling of BTI mitigations (Zhenzhong Duan) [Orabug: 27553369]&nbsp (CVE-2017-5753) (CVE-2017-5715) (CVE-2017-5754)

 - x86/boot: Make alternative patching NMI-safe (Andrew Cooper) [Orabug: 27553369]&nbsp (CVE-2017-5753) (CVE-2017-5715) (CVE-2017-5754)

 - xen/cmdline: Fix parse_boolean for unadorned values (Andrew Cooper)&nbsp [Orabug: 27553369]&nbsp (CVE-2017-5753) (CVE-2017-5715) (CVE-2017-5754)

 - Optimize the context switch code a bit (Zhenzhong Duan)&nbsp [Orabug: 27553369]&nbsp (CVE-2017-5753) (CVE-2017-5715) (CVE-2017-5754)

 - Update init_speculation_mitigations to upstream's (Zhenzhong Duan)&nbsp [Orabug: 27553369]&nbsp (CVE-2017-5753) (CVE-2017-5715) (CVE-2017-5754)

 - x86/entry: Avoid using alternatives in NMI/#MC paths (Andrew Cooper)&nbsp [Orabug: 27553369]&nbsp (CVE-2017-5753) (CVE-2017-5715) (CVE-2017-5754)

 - Update RSB related implementation to upstream ones (Zhenzhong Duan)&nbsp [Orabug: 27553369]&nbsp (CVE-2017-5753) (CVE-2017-5715) (CVE-2017-5754)

 - BUILDINFO: OVMF commit=173bf5c847e3ca8b42c11796ce048d8e2e916ff8

 - BUILDINFO: xen commit=bdecffda647e17f8aaeb4057bd1064236075bc9c

 - BUILDINFO: QEMU upstream commit=8bff6989bd0bafcc0ddf859c23ce6a2ff21a80ff

 - BUILDINFO: QEMU traditional commit=346fdd7edd73f8287d0d0a2bab9c67b71bc6b8ba

 - BUILDINFO: IPXE commit=9a93db3f0947484e30e753bbd61a10b17336e20e

 - BUILDINFO: SeaBIOS commit=7d9cbe613694924921ed1a6f8947d711c5832eee

 - xend: if secure boot is enabled don't write pci config space (Elena Ufimtseva)&nbsp [Orabug: 27533309]

 - BUILDINFO: OVMF commit=173bf5c847e3ca8b42c11796ce048d8e2e916ff8

 - BUILDINFO: xen commit=46aa4f995b266e9dc0bce98b448423c5fdc79fde

 - BUILDINFO: QEMU upstream commit=8bff6989bd0bafcc0ddf859c23ce6a2ff21a80ff

 - BUILDINFO: QEMU traditional commit=346fdd7edd73f8287d0d0a2bab9c67b71bc6b8ba

 - BUILDINFO: IPXE commit=9a93db3f0947484e30e753bbd61a10b17336e20e

 - BUILDINFO: SeaBIOS commit=7d9cbe613694924921ed1a6f8947d711c5832eee

 - hvmloader: Correct nr_vnodes when init_vnuma_info fails (Annie Li)&nbsp

- BUILDINFO: OVMF commit=173bf5c847e3ca8b42c11796ce048d8e2e916ff8

 - BUILDINFO: xen commit=1fb819ca1b801af1f59983f34776501336a57979

 - BUILDINFO: QEMU upstream commit=8bff6989bd0bafcc0ddf859c23ce6a2ff21a80ff

 - BUILDINFO: QEMU traditional commit=346fdd7edd73f8287d0d0a2bab9c67b71bc6b8ba

 - BUILDINFO: IPXE commit=9a93db3f0947484e30e753bbd61a10b17336e20e

 - BUILDINFO: SeaBIOS commit=7d9cbe613694924921ed1a6f8947d711c5832eee

 - Fail migration if destination does not allow pv guest running (Annie Li)&nbsp [Orabug: 27465310]

 - BUILDINFO: OVMF commit=173bf5c847e3ca8b42c11796ce048d8e2e916ff8

 - BUILDINFO: xen commit=dfc241a5b6a952bde385b1d68ef42acf8f80302c

 - BUILDINFO: QEMU upstream commit=8bff6989bd0bafcc0ddf859c23ce6a2ff21a80ff

 - BUILDINFO: QEMU traditional commit=346fdd7edd73f8287d0d0a2bab9c67b71bc6b8ba

 - BUILDINFO: IPXE commit=9a93db3f0947484e30e753bbd61a10b17336e20e

 - BUILDINFO: SeaBIOS commit=7d9cbe613694924921ed1a6f8947d711c5832eee

 - x86: Expose CPUID.7, EDX.26->27 and CPUID.0x80000008, EBX.12 (redux) (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk)&nbsp [Orabug:
 27445667]

 - BUILDINFO: OVMF commit=173bf5c847e3ca8b42c11796ce048d8e2e916ff8

 - BUILDINFO: xen commit=d5afa57c42732dc35a572582099c67ee3c397434

 - BUILDINFO: QEMU upstream commit=8bff6989bd0bafcc0ddf859c23ce6a2ff21a80ff

 - BUILDINFO: QEMU traditional commit=346fdd7edd73f8287d0d0a2bab9c67b71bc6b8ba

 - BUILDINFO: IPXE commit=9a93db3f0947484e30e753bbd61a10b17336e20e

 - BUILDINFO: SeaBIOS commit=7d9cbe613694924921ed1a6f8947d711c5832eee

 - Enable creating pv guest on OVM3.4.4 by default (Annie Li) [Orabug: 27424482]

 - BUILDINFO: OVMF commit=173bf5c847e3ca8b42c11796ce048d8e2e916ff8

 - BUILDINFO: xen commit=619dd3aa6aac97dbc9f23fdae3d6fd6dfab8a0da

 - BUILDINFO: QEMU upstream commit=8bff6989bd0bafcc0ddf859c23ce6a2ff21a80ff

 - BUILDINFO: QEMU traditional commit=346fdd7edd73f8287d0d0a2bab9c67b71bc6b8ba

 - BUILDINFO: IPXE commit=9a93db3f0947484e30e753bbd61a10b17336e20e

 - BUILDINFO: SeaBIOS commit=7d9cbe613694924921ed1a6f8947d711c5832eee

 - xen/x86: Make sure identify_cpu is called with traps enabled (Joao Martins)&nbsp [Orabug: 27393237]

 - xend: disallow pv guests to run (Joao Martins)&nbsp [Orabug: 27370330]

 - hvmloader, x86/hvm, domctl: enumerate apicid based on vcpu_to_vnode (Joao Martins)&nbsp [Orabug: 27119689]

 - xend: conditionally use dom0 vcpus for vnuma auto (Joao Martins)

- x86/Spectre: Set thunk to THUNK_NONE if compiler support is not available (Boris Ostrovsky)&nbsp [Orabug:
 27375704]

 - BUILDINFO: OVMF commit=173bf5c847e3ca8b42c11796ce048d8e2e916ff8

 - BUILDINFO: xen commit=1d2270f50ef2b1b22b8f6ee7a9b571ea96f7f37b

 - BUILDINFO: QEMU upstream commit=8bff6989bd0bafcc0ddf859c23ce6a2ff21a80ff

 - BUILDINFO: QEMU traditional commit=346fdd7edd73f8287d0d0a2bab9c67b71bc6b8ba

 - BUILDINFO: IPXE commit=9a93db3f0947484e30e753bbd61a10b17336e20e

 - BUILDINFO: SeaBIOS commit=7d9cbe613694924921ed1a6f8947d711c5832eee

 - xen: No dependencies on dracut and microcode_ctl RPMs (Boris Ostrovsky)&nbsp [Orabug: 27409734]

Solution

Update the affected xen / xen-tools packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?884f76d4

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 107129

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2018-0020.nasl

Version: 3.9

Type: local

Published: 3/5/2018

Updated: 9/27/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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:xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:xen-tools, 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: 3/2/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/4/2018

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5754, CVE-2018-7540, CVE-2018-7541

IAVA: 2018-A-0019, 2018-A-0020