Debian: DSA-2878-1 Critical: Multiple VirtualBox Security Risks
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March 13, 2014
Matthew Daley discovered multiple vulnerabilities in VirtualBox, a x86 virtualisation solution, resulting in denial of service, privilege escalation and an information leak
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Summary
Matthew Daley discovered multiple vulnerabilities in VirtualBox, a x86
virtualisation solution, resulting in denial of service, privilege
escalation and an information leak.
For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in
version 3.2.10-dfsg-1+squeeze2 of the virtualbox-ose source package.
For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 4.1.18-dfsg-2+deb7u2.
For the testing distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 4.3.6-dfsg-1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 4.3.6-dfsg-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your virtualbox packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: virtualbox
CVE ID: CVE-2013-5892 CVE-2014-0404 CVE-2014-0406 CVE-2014-0407
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