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Debian DSA-2594-1 : virtualbox-ose - programming error

low Nessus Plugin ID 63357

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Synopsis

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

Description

'halfdog' discovered that incorrect interrupt handling in VirtualBox, a x86 virtualization solution, can lead to denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the virtualbox-ose packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 3.2.10-dfsg-1+squeeze1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/virtualbox-ose

https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2594

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 63357

File Name: debian_DSA-2594.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/31/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:virtualbox-ose, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

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: 12/30/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3221

BID: 56045

DSA: 2594