Debian DSA-3274-1 : virtualbox - security update (Venom)

high Nessus Plugin ID 83889

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Jason Geffner discovered a buffer overflow in the emulated floppy disk drive, resulting in potential privilege escalation.

Solution

Upgrade the virtualbox packages.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 4.1.18-dfsg-2+deb7u5.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 4.3.18-dfsg-3+deb8u2.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 83889

File Name: debian_DSA-3274.nasl

Version: 2.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 5/29/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:virtualbox, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/28/2015

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3456

BID: 74640

DSA: 3274

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