Oracle Solaris Critical Patch Update : oct2018_SRU11_4_1_4_0

high Nessus Plugin ID 118190

Synopsis

The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch from CPU oct2018.

Description

This Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates :

- Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Kernel). The supported version that is affected is 11.4. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Solaris. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Solaris accessible data. (CVE-2016-5244)

- Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Kernel). The supported version that is affected is 11.4. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Solaris executes to compromise Solaris. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Solaris. (CVE-2015-6937)

- Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: RPC). Supported versions that are affected are 10 and 11.4. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via Portmap v3 to compromise Solaris. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Solaris. (CVE-2018-3172)

Solution

Install the oct2018 CPU from the Oracle support website.

See Also

https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?id=2451130.1

http://www.nessus.org/u?1619b94b

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2018.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 118190

File Name: solaris_oct2018_SRU11_4_1_4_0.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 10/18/2018

Updated: 8/11/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-5244

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:solaris

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Solaris11/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/16/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/19/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-6937, CVE-2016-5244, CVE-2018-3172