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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3359-1 (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
This update fixes an unspecified security issue in VirtualBox related to guests using bridged networking via WiFi. Oracle no longer provides information on specific security vulnerabilities in VirtualBox. To still support users of the already released Debian releases we've decided to update these to the respective 4.1.40 and 4.3.30 bugfix releases.
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 (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 4.1.40-dfsg-1+deb7u1. For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 4.3.30-dfsg-1+deb8u1. For the testing distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 4.3.30-dfsg-1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 4.3.30-dfsg-1. We recommend that you upgrade your virtualbox packages.