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Oracle Linux 5 : libvirt (ELSA-2009-0382)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 67832

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2009-0382 advisory.

 - Add missing readonly checks for APIs (CVE-2008-5086)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected libvirt, libvirt-devel and / or libvirt-python packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2009-0382.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 67832

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-0382.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 4/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-5086

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-0036

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libvirt, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libvirt-python, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libvirt-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/19/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/19/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5086, CVE-2009-0036

BID: 32905

RHSA: 2009:0382