Oracle VM VirtualBox < 4.3.36 / 5.0.14 Multiple Vulnerabilities (January 2016 CPU)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 88052

Synopsis

An application installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The Oracle VM VirtualBox application installed on the remote host is a version prior to 4.3.36 or 5.0.14. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities :

- An unspecified vulnerability exists in the Core subcomponent that allows a remote attacker to affect the availability of the system. No other details are available. (CVE-2016-0495)

- An unspecified vulnerability exists in the Core subcomponent that allows a local attacker to affect the availability of the system. No other details are available. (CVE-2016-0592)

- An unspecified vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer subcomponent that allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges. No other details are available. (CVE-2016-0602)

Solution

Upgrade to Oracle VM VirtualBox version 4.3.36 / 5.0.14 or later as referenced in the January 2016 Oracle Critical Patch Update advisory.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?ab4ebec1

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 88052

File Name: virtualbox_5_0_14.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 1/21/2016

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-0602

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:vm_virtualbox

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/19/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/19/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-0495, CVE-2016-0592, CVE-2016-0602