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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.901055
Category:Denial of Service
Title:Sun VirtualBox or xVM VirtualBox Denial Of Service Vulnerability - Linux
Summary:Sun VirtualBox or xVM VirtualBox is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
Sun VirtualBox or xVM VirtualBox is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
The flaw is due to the unspecified vulnerability in Guest Additions,
via unknown vectors.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation will let attacker to exhaust the kernel memory of the
guest operating system, leading to a Denial of Service against the guest
operating system running in a virtual machine.

Affected Software/OS:
Sun VirtualBox version 3.x before 3.0.10
Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6.x and 2.0.x before 2.0.12, 2.1.x, and 2.2.x

Solution:
Upgrade to Sun VirtualBox version 3.0.10 or Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0.12.

CVSS Score:
2.1

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-3940
http://secunia.com/advisories/38420
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-271149-1
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2010:002 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00000.html
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