Oracle VM Release 3.3.4 includes separate patches for Oracle VM Manager, Oracle VM Server, and Oracle VM Agent for SPARC as follows:
Oracle VM Manager: patch ID
20492250.Oracle VM Server: patch ID
20492240.Oracle VM Agent for SPARC: patch ID
20492222.
Download the patches from My Oracle Support.
The new features and enhancements in Oracle VM Release 3.3.4 include:
Infrastructure
Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK) update: This release of Oracle VM includes UEK Release 3 Quarterly Update 7
kernel-uek-3.8.13-118.Update to netfront and netback drivers: Along with UEK Release 3 Quarterly Update 7, this release of Oracle VM delivers updates to the netfront and netback drivers.
Package and library updates: The following changes apply to this release of Oracle VM:
The
udevRPM file is updated in this release.The
libxml2RPM file is updated in this release.The
libxml2-pythonRPM file is updated in this release.The
UEK3 QU7RPM file is included in this release.
Updates to the irqbalance package: This release updates the
irqbalancepackage toirqbalance-1.0.9-2so that interrupts are now better balanced across available dom0 CPUs to improve network I/O performance.Multipath configuration for Oracle ZFS Appliance: This release includes the Oracle Sun ZFS Storage 7330 in the
multipath.conffile.
Installation and Upgrades
Compatibility Fix for Different Release Versions of Oracle VM Server During Upgrade: This release includes changes to facilitate the upgrade of different versions of Oracle VM Server.
Security
FIPS-Compliant OpenSSL Library Supported for Oracle VM Server: As of this release, it is possible to install and configure the FIPS-compliant OpenSSL library on Oracle VM Server as per the instructions provided in the Oracle Linux 6 Security Guide at:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E37670_01/
If you are following the instructions provided in the Oracle Linux 6 Security Guide, there is a step where you enable FIPS in the kernel by editing
/etc/grub.confand adding thefips=1option to the 'kernel' line. For this to work on an Oracle VM Server, thefips=1option must be added to the 'module' line instead.Critical patch updates: This release of Oracle VM includes security fixes from critical patch updates for Oracle WebLogic Server, Oracle Java 7, and Oracle MySQL.
Ciphersuite update: The ciphersuite selection configuration is updated in this release of Oracle VM to support a higher level of security.
Oracle VM Security Advisories
This release includes the following Oracle VM Security Advisories:
Table 3.3 Oracle VM Security Advisories
Advisory Identifier | Severity | Description |
|---|---|---|
OVMSA-2016-0014 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update |
OVMSA-2016-0013 | Critical | Oracle VM 3.3 glibc security update |
OVMSA-2016-0011 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 sos security update |
OVMSA-2016-0009 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 bind security update |
OVMSA-2016-0007 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 xen security update |
OVMSA-2016-0006 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 ntp security update |
OVMSA-2016-0005 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 kernel-uek security update |
OVMSA-2016-0004 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 gnutls security update |
OVMSA-2016-0003 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 nss security update |
OVMSA-2016-0002 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 rpcbind security update |
OVMSA-2016-0001 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 openssl security update |
OVMSA-2015-0156 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 bind security update |
OVMSA-2015-0155 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 openssl security update |
OVMSA-2015-0154 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 kernel-uek security update |
OVMSA-2015-0153 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 libpng security update |
OVMSA-2015-0152 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 libxml2 security update |
OVMSA-2015-0150 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 kernel-uek security update |
OVMSA-2015-0147 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 kernel-uek security and bugfix update |
OVMSA-2015-0145 | Critical | Oracle VM 3.3 nss, nss-util, and nspr security update |
OVMSA-2015-0144 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 kernel-uek security update |
OVMSA-2015-0141 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 xen security update |
OVMSA-2015-0140 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 ntp security update |
OVMSA-2015-0123 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 openldap security update |
OVMSA-2015-0122 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 kernel-uek security update |
OVMSA-2015-0120 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 libXfont security update |
OVMSA-2015-0119 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 bind security update |
OVMSA-2015-0118 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 nss-softokn security update |
OVMSA-2015-0117 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 pam security update |
OVMSA-2015-0116 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 net-snmp security update |
OVMSA-2015-0115 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 sqlite security update |
OVMSA-2015-0114 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 kernel-uek security update |
OVMSA-2015-0113 | Low | Oracle VM 3.3 kernel-uek security update |
OVMSA-2015-0111 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 xen security update |
OVMSA-2015-0109 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 kernel-uek security update |
OVMSA-2015-0107 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 curl security update |
OVMSA-2015-0106 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 libuser security update |
OVMSA-2015-0105 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 bind security update |
OVMSA-2015-0104 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 kernel-uek security update |
OVMSA-2015-0103 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 sudo security update |
OVMSA-2015-0102 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 ntp security update |
OVMSA-2015-0101 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 gnutls security update |
OVMSA-2015-0100 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 grep security update |
OVMSA-2015-0099 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 net-snmp security update |
OVMSA-2015-0098 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 python security update |
OVMSA-2015-0097 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 libxml2 security update |
OVMSA-2015-0095 | Important | Oracle VM 3.3 xen security update |
OVMSA-2015-0094 | Moderate | Oracle VM 3.3 kernel-uek security update |