OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2018-0038)

high Nessus Plugin ID 109544

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 :

- perf/hwbp: Simplify the perf-hwbp code, fix documentation (Linus Torvalds) [Orabug: 27947602] (CVE-2018-100199)

Solution

Update the affected kernel-uek / kernel-uek-firmware packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/oraclevm-errata/2018-May/000850.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 109544

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2018-0038.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 5/3/2018

Updated: 9/27/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:kernel-uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:kernel-uek-firmware, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.4

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/2/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-100199