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From: Sergey Popov <pinkbyte@g.o>
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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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VirtualBox, allowing local
19 attackers to escalate their privileges or cause a Denial of Service
20 condition.
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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 < 4.2.22 >= 4.2.22
35 2 app-emulation/virtualbox-bin
36 < 4.2.22 >= 4.2.22
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38 2 affected packages
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40 Description
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43 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Virtualbox. Please
44 review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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46 Impact
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49 A local attacker in a guest virtual machine may be able to escalate
50 privileges or cause a Denial of Service condition.
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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 -v ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-4.2.22"
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65 All virtualbox-bin users should upgrade to the latest version:
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67 # emerge --sync
68 # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-bin-4.2.22"
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70 References
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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
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86 Availability
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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
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94 Concerns?
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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.
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103 License
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106 Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
107 belongs to its owner(s).
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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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