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From: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201702-08 ] VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 12:47:28
Message-Id: d2ed135b-ffce-f7ba-8ca8-eba3b3cf17ab@gentoo.org
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7 Severity: High
8 Title: VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: February 14, 2017
10 Bugs: #607674
11 ID: 201702-08
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VirtualBox, the worst of
19 which might allow unauthorized changes to some critical or all
20 accessible data.
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22 Background
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25 VirtualBox is a powerful virtualization product from Oracle.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 app-emulation/virtualbox
34 < 5.0.32 >= 5.0.32
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36 Description
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39 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in VirtualBox. Please
40 review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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42 Impact
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45 An attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition. Additionally, an
46 attacker could create, delete or modify critical or all accessible
47 data.
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49 Workaround
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52 There is no known workaround at this time.
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54 Resolution
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57 All VirtualBox users should upgrade to the latest version:
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59 # emerge --sync
60 # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-5.0.32"
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62 References
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65 [ 1 ] CVE-2016-5545
66 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-5545
67 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-3290
68 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3290
69 [ 3 ] CVE-2017-3316
70 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3316
71 [ 4 ] CVE-2017-3332
72 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3332
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74 Availability
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77 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
78 the Gentoo Security Website:
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80 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-08
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82 Concerns?
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85 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
86 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
87 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
88 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
89 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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91 License
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94 Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
95 belongs to its owner(s).
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97 The contents of this document are licensed under the
98 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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100 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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