OracleVM 3.3 : glibc (OVMSA-2015-0055)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 82983
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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 invalid file descriptor reuse while sending DNS query (#1207995, CVE-2013-7423).
- Fix buffer overflow in gethostbyname_r with misaligned buffer (#1209375, CVE-2015-1781).
- Enhance nscd to detect any configuration file changes (#1194149).
Solution
Update the affected glibc / glibc-common / nscd packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 82983
File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2015-0055.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Family: OracleVM Local Security Checks
Published: 4/22/2015
Updated: 1/4/2021
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:glibc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:glibc-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:nscd, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.3
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleVM/release, Host/OracleVM/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/21/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/24/2015
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-7423, CVE-2015-1781