Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle VM Server

1) Privilege escalation

EUVDB-ID: #VU9435

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17045

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists due to improper privileges control. An adjacent attacker can trigger a p2m error checking flaw in the Populate on Demand (PoD) code and gain write access to freed memory and gain elevated privileges on the host system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle VM Server for x86: 3.2 - 3.4

External links

http://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/ovmbulletinjan2022.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the local network (LAN).

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU58342

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-28706

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error. A remote authenticated attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle VM Server for x86: 3.2 - 3.4

External links

http://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/ovmbulletinjan2022.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

3) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU58352

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-28709

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in insertion of new pages code path. A remote authenticated attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle VM Server for x86: 3.2 - 3.4

External links

http://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/ovmbulletinjan2022.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

4) Use-after-free

EUVDB-ID: #VU57890

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 8.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-1048

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a malicious application to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in the Android kernel component within the epoll_loop_check_proc() function. A malicious application can trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle VM Server for x86: 3.2 - 3.4

External links

http://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/ovmbulletinjan2022.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

Yes. This vulnerability is being exploited in the wild.

5) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU58351

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-28705

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in page removal code path. A remote authenticated attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle VM Server for x86: 3.2 - 3.4

External links

http://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/ovmbulletinjan2022.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

6) Use-after-free

EUVDB-ID: #VU59811

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-0920

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the unix_scm_to_skb() function of af_unix.c in Linux kernel. A local user can run a specially crafted program to trigger a race condition and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle VM Server for x86: 3.2 - 3.4

External links

http://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/ovmbulletinjan2022.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

Yes. This vulnerability is being exploited in the wild.

7) Infinite loop

EUVDB-ID: #VU9442

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17044

CWE-ID: CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to an infinite loop. An adjacent attacker can trigger an error handling flaw in the processing of errors from the Populate on Demand (PoD) code and cause the service to crash.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle VM Server for x86: 3.2 - 3.4

External links

http://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/ovmbulletinjan2022.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the local network (LAN).

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

8) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU59812

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 2.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-4155

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to the OS kernel does not impose correctly security restrictions. A local user can gain access to sensitive information on the system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Oracle VM Server for x86: 3.2 - 3.4

External links

http://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/ovmbulletinjan2022.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.