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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2878-1 (virtualbox - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Matthew Daley discovered multiple vulnerabilities in VirtualBox, an x86 virtualisation solution, resulting in denial of service, privilege escalation and an information leak.
Affected Software
Affected Software
virtualbox on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 3.2.10-dfsg-1+squeeze2 of the virtualbox-ose source package. For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 4.1.18-dfsg-2+deb7u2. For the testing distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 4.3.6-dfsg-1. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 4.3.6-dfsg-1. We recommend that you upgrade your virtualbox packages.