OracleVM 3.3 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2015-0072)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 84390

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 :

- x86/asm/entry/64: Remove a bogus 'ret_from_fork' optimization (Andy Lutomirski) [Orabug: 21308309] (CVE-2015-2830)

- x86, mm/ASLR: Fix stack randomization on 64-bit systems (Hector Marco-Gisbert) [Orabug: 21307919] (CVE-2015-1593) (CVE-2015-1593)

Solution

Update the affected kernel-uek / kernel-uek-firmware packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/oraclevm-errata/2015-June/000320.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 84390

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2015-0072.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Published: 6/25/2015

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:kernel-uek, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:kernel-uek-firmware, 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: 6/24/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/16/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1593, CVE-2015-2830

BID: 72607, 73699