Oracle VirtualBox 4.1 < 4.1.22 Task-Gate IDT Call NULL Pointer Dereference Local DoS

low Nessus Plugin ID 62100

Synopsis

The remote Windows host has an application that is affected by local denial of service vulnerabilities.

Description

The remote host contains a version of Oracle VirtualBox 4.1 before 4.1.22. As such, it is potentially affected by a local denial of service vulnerability caused by invocation of software interrupt 0x8 from userspace. An attacker with access to the guest VM could leverage this to cause a denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade to Oracle VirtualBox 4.1.22 / 4.2 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?9fa4a738

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

http://www.nessus.org/u?87547c81

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 62100

File Name: virtualbox_4_1_22.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 9/14/2012

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:vm_virtualbox

Required KB Items: VirtualBox/Version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/7/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/7/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3221

BID: 55471, 56045