OracleVM 2.2 : xen (OVMSA-2013-0033)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 79504

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 :

- fix error in first version of the XSA-44 patch (Chuck Anderson) [orabug 16632878, 16694867] (CVE-2013-1917)

- clear EFLAGS.NT in SYSENTER entry path (Andrew Cooper) [orabug 16632878] (CVE-2013-1917)

- fix various issues with handling guest IRQs (Jan Beulich) [orabug 16635741] (CVE-2013-1919)

- defer event channel bucket pointer store until after XSM checks [orabug 16635980] (CVE-2013-1920)

- tools: xend: tolerate empty state/*.xml (Konrad Wilk, Joe Jin) [orabug 14683665]

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?0ec4d36e

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 79504

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2013-0033.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 11/26/2014

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:xen, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:xen-64, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:xen-debugger, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:xen-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:xen-pvhvm-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:xen-tools, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:2.2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/24/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/12/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1917, CVE-2013-1919, CVE-2013-1920

BID: 58880, 59291, 59292