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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201204-01 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Date: April 09, 2012 |
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Bugs: #386317, #399807 |
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ID: 201204-01 |
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Synopsis |
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Multiple vulnerabilities were found in VirtualBox, allowing local |
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attackers to gain escalated privileges. |
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Background |
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VirtualBox is a powerful virtualization product from Oracle. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 app-emulation/virtualbox |
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< 4.1.8 >= 4.1.8 |
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2 app-emulation/virtualbox-bin |
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< 4.1.8 >= 4.1.4 |
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2 affected packages |
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Description |
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Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities have been discovered in |
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VirtualBox. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for |
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details. |
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Impact |
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A local attacker may be able to gain escalated privileges via unknown |
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attack vectors. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All VirtualBox users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-4.1.8" |
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All VirtualBox binary users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-bin-4.1.8" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2010-4414 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-4414 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2011-2300 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2300 |
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[ 3 ] CVE-2011-2305 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2305 |
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[ 4 ] CVE-2012-0105 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0105 |
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[ 5 ] CVE-2012-0111 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0111 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-01.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2012 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |