<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201612-27"> <title>VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VirtualBox, the worst of which allows local users to escalate privileges. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">virtualbox</product> <announced>2016-12-11</announced> <revised count="2">2016-12-11</revised> <bug>505274</bug> <bug>537218</bug> <bug>550964</bug> <access>local</access> <affected> <package name="app-emulation/virtualbox" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">4.3.28</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">4.3.28</vulnerable> </package> <package name="app-emulation/virtualbox-bin" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">4.3.28</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">4.3.28</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>VirtualBox is a powerful virtualization product from Oracle.</p> </background> <description> <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in VirtualBox. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>Local attackers could cause a Denial of Service condition, execute arbitrary code, or escalate their privileges. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All VirtualBox users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-4.3.28" </code> <p>All VirtualBox-bin users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-bin-4.3.28" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0981">CVE-2014-0981</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0983">CVE-2014-0983</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6588">CVE-2014-6588</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6589">CVE-2014-6589</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6590">CVE-2014-6590</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6595">CVE-2014-6595</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0377">CVE-2015-0377</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0418">CVE-2015-0418</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-0427">CVE-2015-0427</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3456">CVE-2015-3456</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-5608">CVE-2016-5608</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-5610">CVE-2016-5610</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-5611">CVE-2016-5611</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-5613">CVE-2016-5613</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2016-11-23T00:13:06Z">whissi</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2016-12-11T23:42:01Z">b-man</metadata> </glsa>