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Gentoo: GLSA-201612-27 Moderate: VirtualBox Multiple Threats

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Calendar Grey December 12, 2016
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Update your VirtualBox installation on Gentoo to address the identified local privilege escalation and denial-of-service vulnerabilities described in the latest security advisory.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VirtualBox, the worst of which allows local users to escalate privileges.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

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Resolution

All VirtualBox users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-4.3.28"
All VirtualBox-bin users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-bin-4.3.28"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-0981 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0981 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-0983 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0983 [ 3 ] CVE-2014-6588 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6588 [ 4 ] CVE-2014-6589 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6589 [ 5 ] CVE-2014-6590 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6590 [ 6 ] CVE-2014-6595 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6595 [ 7 ] CVE-2015-0377 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0377 [ 8 ] CVE-2015-0418 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0418 [ 9 ] CVE-2015-0427 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0427 [ 10 ] CVE-2015-3456 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3456 [ 11 ] CVE-2016-5608 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-5608 [ 12 ] CVE-2016-5610 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-5610 [ 13 ] CVE-2016-5611 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvena...

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Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-27
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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.

Severity: Normal
Title: VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: December 11, 2016
Bugs: #505274, #537218, #550964
ID: 201612-27

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VirtualBox, the worst of which allows local users to escalate privileges.

Background

VirtualBox is a powerful virtualization product from Oracle.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-emulation/virtualbox < 4.3.28 >= 4.3.28 2 app-emulation/virtualbox-bin < 4.3.28 >= 4.3.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 affected packages

Impact

===== Local attackers could cause a Denial of Service condition, execute arbitrary code, or escalate their privileges.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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