GLSA-201401-13 : VirtualBox: Multiple Vulnerabilities

low Nessus Plugin ID 72052

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201401-13 (VirtualBox: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

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

A local attacker in a guest virtual machine may be able to escalate privileges or cause a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All virtualbox users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-emulation/virtualbox-4.2.22' All virtualbox-bin users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-emulation/virtualbox-bin-4.2.22'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201401-13

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 72052

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201401-13.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Published: 1/21/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:virtualbox, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:virtualbox-bin, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/20/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/17/2012

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3221, CVE-2013-5892, CVE-2014-0404, CVE-2014-0405, CVE-2014-0406, CVE-2014-0407

BID: 56045, 64900, 64905, 64909, 64911, 64913

GLSA: 201401-13