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From: Sean Amoss <ackle@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201204-01 ] VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 23:01:14
Message-Id: 4F836880.9070307@gentoo.org
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: April 09, 2012
10 Bugs: #386317, #399807
11 ID: 201204-01
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities were found in VirtualBox, allowing local
19 attackers to gain escalated privileges.
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21 Background
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24 VirtualBox is a powerful virtualization product from Oracle.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 app-emulation/virtualbox
33 < 4.1.8 >= 4.1.8
34 2 app-emulation/virtualbox-bin
35 < 4.1.8 >= 4.1.4
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37 2 affected packages
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39 Description
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42 Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities have been discovered in
43 VirtualBox. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for
44 details.
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46 Impact
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49 A local attacker may be able to gain escalated privileges via unknown
50 attack vectors.
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52 Workaround
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55 There is no known workaround at this time.
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57 Resolution
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60 All VirtualBox users should upgrade to the latest version:
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62 # emerge --sync
63 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-4.1.8"
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65 All VirtualBox binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
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67 # emerge --sync
68 # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-bin-4.1.8"
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70 References
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73 [ 1 ] CVE-2010-4414
74 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-4414
75 [ 2 ] CVE-2011-2300
76 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2300
77 [ 3 ] CVE-2011-2305
78 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2305
79 [ 4 ] CVE-2012-0105
80 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0105
81 [ 5 ] CVE-2012-0111
82 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0111
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84 Availability
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87 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
88 the Gentoo Security Website:
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90 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-01.xml
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92 Concerns?
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95 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
96 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
97 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
98 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
99 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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101 License
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104 Copyright 2012 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
105 belongs to its owner(s).
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107 The contents of this document are licensed under the
108 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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110 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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