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Debian: DSA-2905-1 Urgent: VirtualBox Command Input Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey April 15, 2014
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Lack of input validation in VMware exposes host machines to potential code execution vulnerabilities. Immediate patching recommended.
Francisco Falcon discovered that missing input sanisiting in the 3D acceleration code in VirtualBox could lead to the execution of arbitrary code on the host system
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Summary

Francisco Falcon discovered that missing input sanisiting in the 3D
acceleration code in VirtualBox could lead to the execution of arbitrary
code on the host system.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in
version 3.2.10-dfsg-1+squeeze3.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 4.1.18-dfsg-2+deb7u3.

For the testing distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 4.3.10-dfsg-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 4.3.10-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-2014-0981 CVE-2014-0983

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