Oracle VM VirtualBox < 4.0.30 / 4.1.38 / 4.2.30 / 4.3.26 / 5.0.0 Core DoS (October 2015 CPU)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 86567

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Synopsis

An application installed on the remote host is affected by an unspecified denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The Oracle VM VirtualBox application installed on the remote host is a version prior to 4.0.30, 4.1.38, 4.2.30, 4.3.26, or 5.0.0. It is, therefore, affected by an unspecified flaw in the Core subcomponent.
A local attacker can exploit this to cause a denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade to Oracle VM VirtualBox version 4.0.30 / 4.1.38 / 4.2.30 / 4.3.26 / 5.0.0 or later as referenced in the October 2015 Oracle Critical Patch Update advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 86567

File Name: virtualbox_4_3_26.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 10/23/2015

Updated: 11/7/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-4856

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:vm_virtualbox

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/9/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/20/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-4856

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