Oracle VM VirtualBox < 4.0.34 / 4.1.42 / 4.2.34 / 4.3.32 / 5.0.8 Multiple Core DoS (October 2015 CPU)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 86568

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Synopsis

An application installed on the remote host is affected by multiple unspecified denial of service vulnerabilities.

Description

The Oracle VM VirtualBox application installed on the remote host is a version prior to 4.0.34, 4.1.42, 4.2.34, 4.3.32, or 5.0.8. It is, therefore, affected by multiple unspecified flaws in the Core subcomponent. A local attacker can exploit these to cause a denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade to Oracle VM VirtualBox version 4.0.34 / 4.1.42 / 4.2.34 / 4.3.32 / 5.0.8 or later as referenced in the October 2015 Oracle Critical Patch Update advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 86568

File Name: virtualbox_5_0_8.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 10/23/2015

Updated: 3/27/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-4896

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:vm_virtualbox

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/20/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/20/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-4813, CVE-2015-4896

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