OracleVM 3.3 : libuser (OVMSA-2015-0106)

High Nessus Plugin ID 85147

Synopsis

The remote OracleVM host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates :

 - Update CVE-2015-3246 patch based on review comments Resolves: #1235518

 - Don&rsquo t use 512-bit RSA private keys in tests Related: #1235518

 - Fix testsuite failures if more than one architecture is building concurrently Related: #1235518

 - Fix (CVE-2015-3246) Resolves: #1235518

Solution

Update the affected libuser package.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/oraclevm-errata/2015-July/000354.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 85147

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2015-0106.nasl

Version: 2.13

Type: local

Published: 2015/07/31

Updated: 2018/07/24

Dependencies: 12634

Risk Information

Risk Factor: High

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:libuser, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.3

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2015/07/30

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Libuser roothelper Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3246

BID: 76022

IAVA: 2015-A-0179