Detections
Analytics

OracleVM 3.4 : xen (OVMSA-2019-0054)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 131150

Language:

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 :

 - BUILDINFO: OVMF commit=173bf5c847e3ca8b42c11796ce048d8e2e916ff8

 - BUILDINFO: xen commit=a3ec6768f487946b7316364bc9bd17ce4d752af5

 - BUILDINFO: QEMU upstream commit=8bff6989bd0bafcc0ddf859c23ce6a2ff21a80ff

 - BUILDINFO: QEMU traditional commit=346fdd7edd73f8287d0d0a2bab9c67b71bc6b8ba

 - BUILDINFO: IPXE commit=9a93db3f0947484e30e753bbd61a10b17336e20e

 - BUILDINFO: SeaBIOS commit=7d9cbe613694924921ed1a6f8947d711c5832eee

 - x86/vtx ept-shatter ... (Andrew Cooper) [Orabug:
 30522238] (CVE-2018-12207)

 - x86: rename public functions in p2m-pt.c (Mukesh Rathor) [Orabug: 30522238]

 - Rename 'set_p2m_entry' to 'p2m_set_entry' (Mukesh Rathor) [Orabug: 30522238]

 - x86/mm: add information about faulted page's presence to npfec structure (Boris Ostrovsky) [Orabug: 30522238]

 - relocate struct npfec definition into common (Tamas K Lengyel)

- EPT: utilize GLA->GPA translation known for certain faults (Jan Beulich) [Orabug: 30522238]

 - x86/mem_event: deliver gla fault EPT violation information (Tamas K Lengyel) [Orabug: 30522238]

 - x86: consolidate boolean inputs in hvm and p2m into a shared bitmap (Tamas K Lengyel) [Orabug: 30522238]

Solution

Update the affected xen / xen-tools packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?94d8eba2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 131150

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2019-0054.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 11/20/2019

Updated: 4/11/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-12207

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/18/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/14/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-12207