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Debian DSA-2904-1 : virtualbox - security update
medium Nessus Plugin ID 73534
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Francisco Falcon discovered that missing input sanitizing in the 3D acceleration code in VirtualBox could lead to the execution of arbitrary code on the host system.Solution
Upgrade the virtualbox packages.For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 3.2.10-dfsg-1+squeeze3.
For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 4.1.18-dfsg-2+deb7u3.
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Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 73534
File Name: debian_DSA-2904.nasl
Version: 1.14
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 4/16/2014
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.5
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.9
Temporal Score: 5.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, 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: 4/15/2014
Exploitable With
Core Impact
Metasploit (VirtualBox 3D Acceleration Virtual Machine Escape)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2014-0981, CVE-2014-0983
DSA: 2904