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Debian Wheezy: DSA-3143-1 Critical: VirtualBox DoS Threat Addressed

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Calendar Grey January 28, 2015
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A pair of flaws in VirtualBox resulted in denial of service problems addressed in updates for Debian.
Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in VirtualBox, a x86 virtualisation solution, which might result in denial of service
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Summary

Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in VirtualBox, a x86
virtualisation solution, which might result in denial of service.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 4.1.18-dfsg-2+deb7u4.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 4.3.18-dfsg-2.

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: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: virtualbox
CVE ID: CVE-2015-0377 CVE-2015-0418

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