GLSA 201401-13: VirtualBox: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Severity: | high |
Title: | VirtualBox: Multiple Vulnerabilities |
Date: | 01/20/2014 |
Bugs: |
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ID: | 201401-13 |
Synopsis
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VirtualBox, allowing local attackers to escalate their privileges or cause a Denial of Service condition.Background
VirtualBox is a powerful virtualization product from Oracle.
Affected packages
Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
---|---|---|---|
app-emulation/virtualbox | < 4.2.22 | >= 4.2.22 | All supported architectures |
app-emulation/virtualbox-bin | < 4.2.22 | >= 4.2.22 | All supported architectures |
Description
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Virtualbox. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact
A local attacker in a guest virtual machine may be able to escalate privileges or cause a Denial of Service condition.
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-4.2.22"
All virtualbox-bin users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
">=app-emulation/virtualbox-bin-4.2.22"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
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.
License
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