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OracleVM 3.3 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2016-0084)

high Nessus Plugin ID 91776

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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 :

 - Revert 'x86_64: expand kernel stack to 16K' (Chuck Anderson) [Orabug: 23608686]

 - megaraid_sas : Update threshold based reply post host index register [Orabug: 23562756]

 - xen/events: Don't move disabled irqs (Ross Lagerwall) [Orabug: 23055234]

 - xen/events: Mask a moving irq (Boris Ostrovsky) [Orabug:
 23055234]

 - xen/pciback: Save the number of MSI-X entries to be copied later. (Dongli Zhang) [Orabug: 23202410]

 - xen/pciback: Save xen_pci_op commands before processing it (Dongli Zhang) [Orabug: 23202410]

 - xen-blkback: read from indirect descriptors only once (Dongli Zhang)

- xen-blkback: only read request operation from shared ring once (Dongli Zhang) [Orabug: 23202410]

 - xen-netback: use RING_COPY_REQUEST throughout (Dongli Zhang)

- xen-netback: don't use last request to determine minimum Tx credit (Dongli Zhang) [Orabug: 23202410]

 - xen: Add RING_COPY_REQUEST (Dongli Zhang) [Orabug:
 23202410]

 - IB/security: Restrict use of the write interface (Jason Gunthorpe) [Orabug: 23283925] (CVE-2016-4565)

Solution

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

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/oraclevm-errata/2016-June/000498.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 91776

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2016-0084.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Published: 6/23/2016

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

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: 6/22/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/23/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-4565