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GLSA-201702-08 : VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 97184

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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-201702-08 (VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities)

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

 An attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition. Additionally, an attacker could create, delete or modify critical or all accessible data.
 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-5.0.32'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-08

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 97184

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201702-08.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Published: 2/15/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 7.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 2/14/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5545, CVE-2017-3290, CVE-2017-3316, CVE-2017-3332

GLSA: 201702-08