4.7 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
5.6 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
0.976 High
EPSS
Percentile
100.0%
The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates :
x86/ibrs: Remove ‘ibrs_dump’ and remove the pr_debug (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug: 27350825]
kABI: Revert kABI: Make the boot_cpu_data look normal (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) (CVE-2017-5715)
userns: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug: 27340459] (CVE-2017-5753)
udf: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug: 27340459] (CVE-2017-5753)
net: mpls: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug: 27340459] (CVE-2017-5753)
fs: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug: 27340459] (CVE-2017-5753)
ipv6: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug: 27340459] (CVE-2017-5753)
ipv4: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug: 27340459] (CVE-2017-5753)
Thermal/int340x: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug: 27340459] (CVE-2017-5753)
cw1200: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug: 27340459] (CVE-2017-5753)
qla2xxx: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug: 27340459] (CVE-2017-5753)
p54: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug: 27340459] (CVE-2017-5753)
carl9170: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug: 27340459] (CVE-2017-5753)
uvcvideo: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug: 27340459] (CVE-2017-5753)
bpf: prevent speculative execution in eBPF interpreter (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug: 27340459] (CVE-2017-5753)
locking/barriers: introduce new observable speculation barrier (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug: 27340459] (CVE-2017-5753)
x86/cpu/AMD: Remove now unused definition of MFENCE_RDTSC feature (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug:
27340459] (CVE-2017-5753)
x86/cpu/AMD: Make the LFENCE instruction serialized (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug: 27340459] (CVE-2017-5753)
kABI: Make the boot_cpu_data look normal. (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
kernel.spec: Require the new microcode_ctl. (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715) (CVE-2017-5715)
x86/microcode/AMD: Add support for fam17h microcode loading (Tom Lendacky) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
x86/spec_ctrl: Disable if running as Xen PV guest.
(Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
Set IBPB when running a different VCPU (Dave Hansen) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
Clear the host registers after setbe (Jun Nakajima) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
Use the ibpb_inuse variable. (Jun Nakajima) [Orabug:
27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
KVM: x86: add SPEC_CTRL to MSR and CPUID lists (Andrea Arcangeli) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
kvm: vmx: add MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL and MSR_IA32_PRED_CMD (Paolo Bonzini) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
Use the ‘ibrs_inuse’ variable. (Jun Nakajima) [Orabug:
27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
kvm: svm: add MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL and MSR_IA32_PRED_CMD (Andrea Arcangeli) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
x86/svm: Set IBPB when running a different VCPU (Paolo Bonzini) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
x86/kvm: Pad RSB on VM transition (Tim Chen) [Orabug:
27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
x86/cpu/AMD: Add speculative control support for AMD (Tom Lendacky) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
x86/microcode: Recheck IBRS and IBPB feature on microcode reload (Tim Chen) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
x86: Move IBRS/IBPB feature detection to scattered.c (Tim Chen) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
x86/spec_ctrl: Add lock to serialize changes to ibrs and ibpb control (Tim Chen) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
x86/spec_ctrl: Add sysctl knobs to enable/disable SPEC_CTRL feature (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug:
27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
x86/kvm: clear registers on VM exit (Tom Lendacky) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
x86/kvm: Set IBPB when switching VM (Tim Chen) [Orabug:
27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
INCOMPLETE x86/syscall: Clear unused extra registers on syscall entrance (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug:
27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
x86/entry: Stuff RSB for entry to kernel for non-SMEP platform (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
x86/mm: Only set IBPB when the new thread cannot ptrace current thread (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug:
27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
x86/mm: Set IBPB upon context switch (Tim Chen) [Orabug:
27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
x86/idle: Disable IBRS when offlining cpu and re-enable on wakeup (Tim Chen) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
x86/idle: Disable IBRS entering idle and enable it on wakeup (Tim Chen) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
x86/spec_ctrl: save IBRS MSR value in paranoid_entry (Andrea Arcangeli) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
Scaffolding x86/spec_ctrl: Add sysctl knobs to enable/disable SPEC_CTRL feature (Tim Chen) [Orabug:
27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
x86/enter: Use IBRS on syscall and interrupts (Tim Chen) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
x86: Add macro that does not save rax, rcx, rdx on stack to disable IBRS (Tim Chen) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
x86/enter: MACROS to set/clear IBRS and set IBP (Tim Chen) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
x86/feature: Report presence of IBPB and IBRS control (Tim Chen) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
x86: Add STIBP feature enumeration (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
x86/cpufeature: Add X86_FEATURE_IA32_ARCH_CAPS and X86_FEATURE_IBRS_ATT (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug:
27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
x86/feature: Enable the x86 feature to control (Tim Chen) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from OracleVM
# Security Advisory OVMSA-2018-0007.
#
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(105761);
script_version("3.10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/06/30");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-5715", "CVE-2017-5753");
script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2018-A-0020");
script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2018-A-0062-S");
script_name(english:"OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2018-0007) (Spectre)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote OracleVM host is missing one or more security updates.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address
critical security updates :
- x86/ibrs: Remove 'ibrs_dump' and remove the pr_debug
(Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug: 27350825]
- kABI: Revert kABI: Make the boot_cpu_data look normal
(Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) (CVE-2017-5715)
- userns: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova)
[Orabug: 27340459] (CVE-2017-5753)
- udf: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova)
[Orabug: 27340459] (CVE-2017-5753)
- net: mpls: prevent speculative execution (Elena
Reshetova) [Orabug: 27340459] (CVE-2017-5753)
- fs: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova)
[Orabug: 27340459] (CVE-2017-5753)
- ipv6: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova)
[Orabug: 27340459] (CVE-2017-5753)
- ipv4: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova)
[Orabug: 27340459] (CVE-2017-5753)
- Thermal/int340x: prevent speculative execution (Elena
Reshetova) [Orabug: 27340459] (CVE-2017-5753)
- cw1200: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova)
[Orabug: 27340459] (CVE-2017-5753)
- qla2xxx: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova)
[Orabug: 27340459] (CVE-2017-5753)
- p54: prevent speculative execution (Elena Reshetova)
[Orabug: 27340459] (CVE-2017-5753)
- carl9170: prevent speculative execution (Elena
Reshetova) [Orabug: 27340459] (CVE-2017-5753)
- uvcvideo: prevent speculative execution (Elena
Reshetova) [Orabug: 27340459] (CVE-2017-5753)
- bpf: prevent speculative execution in eBPF interpreter
(Elena Reshetova) [Orabug: 27340459] (CVE-2017-5753)
- locking/barriers: introduce new observable speculation
barrier (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug: 27340459]
(CVE-2017-5753)
- x86/cpu/AMD: Remove now unused definition of
MFENCE_RDTSC feature (Elena Reshetova) [Orabug:
27340459] (CVE-2017-5753)
- x86/cpu/AMD: Make the LFENCE instruction serialized
(Elena Reshetova) [Orabug: 27340459] (CVE-2017-5753)
- kABI: Make the boot_cpu_data look normal. (Konrad
Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
- kernel.spec: Require the new microcode_ctl. (Konrad
Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
(CVE-2017-5715)
- x86/microcode/AMD: Add support for fam17h microcode
loading (Tom Lendacky) [Orabug: 27339995]
(CVE-2017-5715)
- x86/spec_ctrl: Disable if running as Xen PV guest.
(Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug: 27339995]
(CVE-2017-5715)
- Set IBPB when running a different VCPU (Dave Hansen)
[Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
- Clear the host registers after setbe (Jun Nakajima)
[Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
- Use the ibpb_inuse variable. (Jun Nakajima) [Orabug:
27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
- KVM: x86: add SPEC_CTRL to MSR and CPUID lists (Andrea
Arcangeli) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
- kvm: vmx: add MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL and MSR_IA32_PRED_CMD
(Paolo Bonzini) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
- Use the 'ibrs_inuse' variable. (Jun Nakajima) [Orabug:
27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
- kvm: svm: add MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL and MSR_IA32_PRED_CMD
(Andrea Arcangeli) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
- x86/svm: Set IBPB when running a different VCPU (Paolo
Bonzini) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
- x86/kvm: Pad RSB on VM transition (Tim Chen) [Orabug:
27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
- x86/cpu/AMD: Add speculative control support for AMD
(Tom Lendacky) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
- x86/microcode: Recheck IBRS and IBPB feature on
microcode reload (Tim Chen) [Orabug: 27339995]
(CVE-2017-5715)
- x86: Move IBRS/IBPB feature detection to scattered.c
(Tim Chen) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
- x86/spec_ctrl: Add lock to serialize changes to ibrs and
ibpb control (Tim Chen) [Orabug: 27339995]
(CVE-2017-5715)
- x86/spec_ctrl: Add sysctl knobs to enable/disable
SPEC_CTRL feature (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug:
27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
- x86/kvm: clear registers on VM exit (Tom Lendacky)
[Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
- x86/kvm: Set IBPB when switching VM (Tim Chen) [Orabug:
27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
- *INCOMPLETE* x86/syscall: Clear unused extra registers
on syscall entrance (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug:
27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
- x86/entry: Stuff RSB for entry to kernel for non-SMEP
platform (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug: 27339995]
(CVE-2017-5715)
- x86/mm: Only set IBPB when the new thread cannot ptrace
current thread (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug:
27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
- x86/mm: Set IBPB upon context switch (Tim Chen) [Orabug:
27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
- x86/idle: Disable IBRS when offlining cpu and re-enable
on wakeup (Tim Chen) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
- x86/idle: Disable IBRS entering idle and enable it on
wakeup (Tim Chen) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
- x86/spec_ctrl: save IBRS MSR value in paranoid_entry
(Andrea Arcangeli) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
- *Scaffolding* x86/spec_ctrl: Add sysctl knobs to
enable/disable SPEC_CTRL feature (Tim Chen) [Orabug:
27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
- x86/enter: Use IBRS on syscall and interrupts (Tim Chen)
[Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
- x86: Add macro that does not save rax, rcx, rdx on stack
to disable IBRS (Tim Chen) [Orabug: 27339995]
(CVE-2017-5715)
- x86/enter: MACROS to set/clear IBRS and set IBP (Tim
Chen) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
- x86/feature: Report presence of IBPB and IBRS control
(Tim Chen) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
- x86: Add STIBP feature enumeration (Konrad Rzeszutek
Wilk) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
- x86/cpufeature: Add X86_FEATURE_IA32_ARCH_CAPS and
X86_FEATURE_IBRS_ATT (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug:
27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)
- x86/feature: Enable the x86 feature to control (Tim
Chen) [Orabug: 27339995] (CVE-2017-5715)");
# https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/oraclevm-errata/2018-January/000818.html
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?e046af99");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected kernel-uek / kernel-uek-firmware packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_canvas", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"canvas_package", value:"CANVAS");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"in_the_news", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/01/04");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/01/11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/01/12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:kernel-uek");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:kernel-uek-firmware");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.4");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"OracleVM Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/OracleVM/release", "Host/OracleVM/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/OracleVM/release");
if (isnull(release) || "OVS" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "OracleVM");
if (! preg(pattern:"^OVS" + "3\.4" + "(\.[0-9]|$)", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "OracleVM 3.4", "OracleVM " + release);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/OracleVM/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "OracleVM", cpu);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "x86_64", cpu);
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"OVS3.4", reference:"kernel-uek-4.1.12-112.14.5.el6uek")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"OVS3.4", reference:"kernel-uek-firmware-4.1.12-112.14.5.el6uek")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "kernel-uek / kernel-uek-firmware");
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
oracle | vm | kernel-uek | p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:kernel-uek |
oracle | vm | kernel-uek-firmware | p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:kernel-uek-firmware |
oracle | vm_server | 3.4 | cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.4 |
4.7 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
5.6 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
0.976 High
EPSS
Percentile
100.0%