OracleVM 3.4 : xen (OVMSA-2018-0218) (Meltdown) (Spectre)

high Nessus Plugin ID 109987

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 : please see Oracle VM Security Advisory OVMSA-2018-0218 for details.

Solution

Update the affected xen / xen-tools packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/oraclevm-errata/2018-May/000856.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 109987

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2018-0218.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Published: 5/23/2018

Updated: 9/27/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.6

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 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: 5/22/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2017

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Metasploit (Microsoft Windows POP/MOV SS Local Privilege Elevation Vulnerability)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-17565, CVE-2017-17566, CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5754, CVE-2018-10981, CVE-2018-10982, CVE-2018-7540, CVE-2018-7541, CVE-2018-8897