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OracleVM 3.3 / 3.4 : polkit (OVMSA-2019-0008)

high Nessus Plugin ID 122573

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Synopsis

The remote OracleVM host is missing a security update.

Description

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

 - Fix of CVE-2019-6133, PID reuse via slow fork

 - Resolves: rhbz#1667310

Solution

Update the affected polkit package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?7d12e094

http://www.nessus.org/u?c078a59d

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 122573

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2019-0008.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 3/4/2019

Updated: 2/18/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

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 Score Source: CVE-2013-4288

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: manual

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:polkit, 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: 3/3/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/31/2011

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Metasploit (Linux PolicyKit Race Condition Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1485, CVE-2013-4288, CVE-2019-6133

BID: 47496, 62511