MGASA-2016-0259

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Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0259.html
Import Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0259.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2016-0259
Upstream
  • CVE-2016-3597
Published
2016-07-26T19:11:30Z
Modified
2026-04-16T06:23:34Z
Summary
Updated VirtualBox 5.1 packages fix security vulnerability
Details

This update provides the new VirtualBox 5.1 series, currently based on 5.1.2 providing several perfomance enhancements

The highlights include:

  • VMM: new APIC and I/O APIC implementations that result in significantly improved performance in certain situations (for example with networking)
  • VMM: activate the x2APIC by default for Linux guests
  • VMM: added support for Hyper-V paravirtualized debugging of Windows guests
  • VMM: emulate even more MMIO and shadow pagetable exits without going back to user mode
  • GUI: overall migration to Qt5
  • GUI: passive API event listener improving the VM GUI performance and response time
  • Audio: added HDA (High Definition Audio) support for newer Linux guests
  • Audio: added on-demand timers which should improve the overall performance and reduce the CPU consumption
  • Audio: more fine-grained volume control for the AC'97 emulation, which now also takes the master volume control into account
  • better support for Python 3

It also resolves the following security issue:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component in Oracle Virtualization VirtualBox before 5.0.26 allows local users to affect availability via vectors related to Core (CVE-2016-3597).

For other fixes, see the referenced changelog.

References
Credits

Affected packages

Mageia:5 / virtualbox

Package

Name
virtualbox
Purl
pkg:rpm/mageia/virtualbox?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.1.2-1.mga5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "section": "core"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0259.json"

Mageia:5 / kmod-virtualbox

Package

Name
kmod-virtualbox
Purl
pkg:rpm/mageia/kmod-virtualbox?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.1.2-1.mga5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "section": "core"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0259.json"

Mageia:5 / kmod-vboxadditions

Package

Name
kmod-vboxadditions
Purl
pkg:rpm/mageia/kmod-vboxadditions?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.1.2-1.mga5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "section": "core"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0259.json"