GLSA 201204-01: VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	04/09/2012
Bugs:	#386317, #399807
ID:	201204-01

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in VirtualBox, allowing local attackers to gain escalated privileges.

Background

VirtualBox is a powerful virtualization product from Oracle.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-emulation/virtualbox	< 4.1.8	>= 4.1.8	All supported architectures
app-emulation/virtualbox-bin	< 4.1.8	>= 4.1.4	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities have been discovered in VirtualBox. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A local attacker may be able to gain escalated privileges via unknown attack vectors.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All VirtualBox users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-4.1.8"

All VirtualBox binary users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
      ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-bin-4.1.8"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-01.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.