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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2013.0222
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2013-0222)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'kmod-vboxadditions, kmod-virtualbox, virtualbox' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2013-0222 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'kmod-vboxadditions, kmod-virtualbox, virtualbox' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2013-0222 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
This virtualbox update provides the 4.2.16 maintenance release,
which fixes the following security issue:

Thomas Dreibholz has discovered a vulnerability in Oracle VirtualBox,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users in a guest virtual
machine to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error and can be
exploited to render the host network connection and the virtual machine
instance unresponsive or locking the host by issuing e.g. the 'tracepath'
command.
Successful exploitation requires the target virtual machine to be
equipped with a paravirtualised network adapter (virtio-net).
(CVE-2013-3792)

For other changes in this update, see the referenced changelog.

Affected Software/OS:
'kmod-vboxadditions, kmod-virtualbox, virtualbox' package(s) on Mageia 2, Mageia 3.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
3.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-3792
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