OracleVM 3.2 : bind (OVMSA-2016-0055)

high Nessus Plugin ID 91739

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 issue with patch for CVE-2016-1285 and CVE-2016-1286 found by test suite

- Fix (CVE-2016-1285, CVE-2016-1286)

- Fix (CVE-2015-8704)

- Fix (CVE-2015-8000)

- Fix (CVE-2015-5722)

- Fix (CVE-2015-5477)

- Remove files backup after patching (Related: #1171971)

- Fix CVE-2014-8500 (#1171971)

- fix race condition in socket module

- fix (CVE-2012-5166)

- bind-chroot-admin: set correct permissions on /etc/named.conf during update

- fix (CVE-2012-4244)

- fix (CVE-2012-3817)

- fix (CVE-2012-1667)

- fix (CVE-2012-1033)

Solution

Update the affected bind-libs / bind-utils packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/oraclevm-errata/2016-June/000477.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 91739

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2016-0055.nasl

Version: 2.11

Type: Local

Published: 6/22/2016

Updated: 10/8/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8

Percentile: 99.69

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-1667

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-1286

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.2, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:bind-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:bind-utils

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: 6/21/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/8/2012

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 10/11/2026

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1033, CVE-2012-1667, CVE-2012-3817, CVE-2012-4244, CVE-2012-5166, CVE-2014-8500, CVE-2015-5477, CVE-2015-5722, CVE-2015-8000, CVE-2015-8704, CVE-2016-1285, CVE-2016-1286

BID: 51898, 53772, 54658, 55522, 55852, 71590