Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-3497 - Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Solaris 11.3

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from the Oracle CPU for jul2016.
#
include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(92454);
  script_version("2.10");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/01/16");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-8104", "CVE-2016-3497");

  script_name(english:"Oracle Solaris Critical Patch Update : jul2016_SRU11_3_8_7_0");
  script_summary(english:"Check for the jul2016 CPU");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch from CPU
jul2016."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"This Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address critical
security updates :

  - Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of
    Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Core). Supported
    versions that are affected are VirtualBox prior to
    4.0.36, prior to 4.1.44, prior to 4.2.36, prior to
    4.3.34 and prior to 5.0.10. Difficult to exploit
    vulnerability requiring logon to Operating System.
    Successful attack of this vulnerability can result in
    unauthorized Operating System hang or frequently
    repeatable crash (complete DOS). (CVE-2015-8104)

  - Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun
    Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Kernel). The
    supported version that is affected is 11.3. Easily
    exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker
    with logon to the infrastructure where Solaris executes
    to compromise Solaris. Successful attacks of this
    vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to
    cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete
    DOS) of Solaris. (CVE-2016-3497)"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?id=2157475.1"
  );
  # https://www.oracle.com/ocom/groups/public/@otn/documents/webcontent/3089849.xml
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?821ce993"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2016.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Install the jul2016 CPU from the Oracle support website."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:solaris:11.3");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2015/11/16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/07/01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/07/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Solaris Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Solaris11/release");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("solaris.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/Solaris11/release");
if (isnull(release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Solaris11");


fix_release = "0.5.11-0.175.3.8.0.7.0";

flag = 0;

if (solaris_check_release(release:"0.5.11-0.175.3.8.0.7.0", sru:"11.3.8.7.0") > 0) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:solaris_get_report2());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "Solaris", fix_release, release);