From: | Sergey Popov <pinkbyte@g.o> |
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To: | gentoo-announce@g.o |
Subject: | [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201401-13 ] VirtualBox: Multiple Vulnerabilities |
Date: | Mon, 20 Jan 2014 09:19:36 |
Message-Id: | 52DCE735.4090509@gentoo.org |
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2 | Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201401-13 |
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7 | Severity: High |
8 | Title: VirtualBox: Multiple Vulnerabilities |
9 | Date: January 20, 2014 |
10 | Bugs: #434872, #498166 |
11 | ID: 201401-13 |
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14 | |
15 | Synopsis |
16 | ======== |
17 | |
18 | Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VirtualBox, allowing local |
19 | attackers to escalate their privileges or cause a Denial of Service |
20 | condition. |
21 | |
22 | Background |
23 | ========== |
24 | |
25 | VirtualBox is a powerful virtualization product from Oracle. |
26 | |
27 | Affected packages |
28 | ================= |
29 | |
30 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
31 | Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
32 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
33 | 1 app-emulation/virtualbox |
34 | < 4.2.22 >= 4.2.22 |
35 | 2 app-emulation/virtualbox-bin |
36 | < 4.2.22 >= 4.2.22 |
37 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
38 | 2 affected packages |
39 | |
40 | Description |
41 | =========== |
42 | |
43 | Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Virtualbox. Please |
44 | review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. |
45 | |
46 | Impact |
47 | ====== |
48 | |
49 | A local attacker in a guest virtual machine may be able to escalate |
50 | privileges or cause a Denial of Service condition. |
51 | |
52 | Workaround |
53 | ========== |
54 | |
55 | There is no known workaround at this time. |
56 | |
57 | Resolution |
58 | ========== |
59 | |
60 | All virtualbox users should upgrade to the latest version: |
61 | |
62 | # emerge --sync |
63 | # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-4.2.22" |
64 | |
65 | All virtualbox-bin users should upgrade to the latest version: |
66 | |
67 | # emerge --sync |
68 | # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-bin-4.2.22" |
69 | |
70 | References |
71 | ========== |
72 | |
73 | [ 1 ] CVE-2012-3221 |
74 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3221 |
75 | [ 2 ] CVE-2013-5892 |
76 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-5892 |
77 | [ 3 ] CVE-2014-0404 |
78 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0404 |
79 | [ 4 ] CVE-2014-0405 |
80 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0405 |
81 | [ 5 ] CVE-2014-0406 |
82 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0406 |
83 | [ 6 ] CVE-2014-0407 |
84 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0407 |
85 | |
86 | Availability |
87 | ============ |
88 | |
89 | This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
90 | the Gentoo Security Website: |
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92 | http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201401-13.xml |
93 | |
94 | Concerns? |
95 | ========= |
96 | |
97 | Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
98 | confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
99 | importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
100 | security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
101 | https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
102 | |
103 | License |
104 | ======= |
105 | |
106 | Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
107 | belongs to its owner(s). |
108 | |
109 | The contents of this document are licensed under the |
110 | Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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112 | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |
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