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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201612-27
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Severity: Normal
Title: VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: December 11, 2016
Bugs: #505274, #537218, #550964
ID: 201612-27

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VirtualBox, the worst of
which allows local users to escalate privileges.

Background
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VirtualBox is a powerful virtualization product from Oracle.

Affected packages
=================

——————————————————————-
Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
——————————————————————-
1 app-emulation/virtualbox
< 4.3.28 >= 4.3.28
2 app-emulation/virtualbox-bin
< 4.3.28 >= 4.3.28
——————————————————————-
2 affected packages

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

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

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All VirtualBox users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot -v “>=app-emulation/virtualbox-4.3.28”

All VirtualBox-bin users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot -v “>=app-emulation/virtualbox-bin-4.3.28”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-0981
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0981
[ 2 ] CVE-2014-0983
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0983
[ 3 ] CVE-2014-6588
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6588
[ 4 ] CVE-2014-6589
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6589
[ 5 ] CVE-2014-6590
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6590
[ 6 ] CVE-2014-6595
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6595
[ 7 ] CVE-2015-0377
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0377
[ 8 ] CVE-2015-0418
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0418
[ 9 ] CVE-2015-0427
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0427
[ 10 ] CVE-2015-3456
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3456
[ 11 ] CVE-2016-5608
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-5608
[ 12 ] CVE-2016-5610
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-5610
[ 13 ] CVE-2016-5611
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-5611
[ 14 ] CVE-2016-5613
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-5613

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-27

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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