GLSA-201612-27 : VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities (Venom)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 95695

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201612-27 (VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in VirtualBox. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact :

Local attackers could cause a Denial of Service condition, execute arbitrary code, or escalate their privileges.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All VirtualBox users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-emulation/virtualbox-4.3.28' All VirtualBox-bin users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-emulation/virtualbox-bin-4.3.28'

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 95695

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201612-27.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 12/12/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:virtualbox, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:virtualbox-bin

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/11/2016

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (VirtualBox 3D Acceleration Virtual Machine Escape)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0981, CVE-2014-0983, CVE-2014-6588, CVE-2014-6589, CVE-2014-6590, CVE-2014-6595, CVE-2015-0377, CVE-2015-0418, CVE-2015-0427, CVE-2015-3456, CVE-2016-5608, CVE-2016-5610, CVE-2016-5611, CVE-2016-5613

GLSA: 201612-27

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