Gentoo: GLSA-201702-08 High: VirtualBox DoS Risk and Data Integrity Issues
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February 14, 2017
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VirtualBox, the worst of which might allow unauthorized changes to some critical or all accessible data
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in VirtualBox. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Resolution
All VirtualBox users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-5.0.32"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2016-5545 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-5545 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-3290 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3290 [ 3 ] CVE-2017-3316 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3316 [ 4 ] CVE-2017-3332 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-3332
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-08
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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.
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Severity: High
Title: VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: February 14, 2017
Bugs: #607674
ID: 201702-08
Background
VirtualBox is a powerful virtualization product from Oracle.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-emulation/virtualbox
< 5.0.32 >= 5.0.32
Impact
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An attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition. Additionally, an
attacker could create, delete or modify critical or all accessible
data.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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