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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201204-01
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: April 09, 2012
     Bugs: #386317, #399807
       ID: 201204-01

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities were found in VirtualBox, allowing local
attackers to gain escalated privileges.

Background
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VirtualBox is a powerful virtualization product from Oracle.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  app-emulation/virtualbox
                                  < 4.1.8                    >= 4.1.8 
  2  app-emulation/virtualbox-bin
                                  < 4.1.8                    >= 4.1.4 
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     2 affected packages

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

Impact
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A local attacker may be able to gain escalated privileges via unknown
attack vectors.

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 --verbose ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-4.1.8"=


All VirtualBox binary users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-bin-4.1.8"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2010-4414
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-4414
[ 2 ] CVE-2011-2300
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2300
[ 3 ] CVE-2011-2305
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2305
[ 4 ] CVE-2012-0105
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0105
[ 5 ] CVE-2012-0111
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0111

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

 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-01.xml

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 2012 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