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Sun xVM VirtualBox Guest Additions < 2.0.12 / 3.0.10 Local DoS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 42831

Synopsis

The remote Windows host is running a set of virtualization utilities that is affected by a local denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The remote Windows host is running a version of Sun VirtualBox Guest Additions earlier than 2.0.12 or 3.0.10. Such versions are potentially affected by a local denial of service vulnerability.

Solution

Upgrade to Sun VirtualBox Guest Additions 2.0.12, 3.0.10, or later.

See Also

https://download.oracle.com/sunalerts/1021114.1.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 42831

File Name: virtualbox_guest_additions_local_dos.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 11/17/2009

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:sun:virtualbox

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3940

BID: 37024

Secunia: 37363