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GLSA-201204-01 : VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 59617

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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-201204-01 (VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities)

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

 A local attacker may be able to gain escalated privileges via unknown attack vectors.
 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-4.1.8' All VirtualBox binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-emulation/virtualbox-bin-4.1.8'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201204-01

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 59617

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201204-01.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 6/21/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/9/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/19/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-4414, CVE-2011-2300, CVE-2011-2305, CVE-2012-0105, CVE-2012-0111

BID: 45876, 48781, 48793, 51461, 51465

GLSA: 201204-01