OracleVM 3.3 / 3.4 : patch (OVMSA-2018-0036)

high Nessus Plugin ID 109334

Synopsis

The remote OracleVM host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates :

- Fixed year overflow detected in rpmdiff

- Fixed CVE-2018-1000156 - Malicious patch files cause ed to execute arbitrary commands

Solution

Update the affected patch package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?34c34742

http://www.nessus.org/u?51d99ee3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 109334

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2018-0036.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 4/25/2018

Updated: 9/27/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:patch, 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: 4/24/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/6/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1000156