MGASA-2017-0078

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Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0078.html
Import Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0078.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2017-0078
Upstream
  • CVE-2016-5545
  • CVE-2017-3290
  • CVE-2017-3316
  • CVE-2017-3332
  • CVE-2017-3538
Published
2017-03-23T07:19:23Z
Modified
2026-04-16T06:22:52.564443667Z
Summary
Updated virtualbox packages fixes security vulnerabilities
Details

This update provides virtualbox 5.1.18 maintenance release and resolves at least the following security issues:

A vulnerability in the GUI subcomponent of virtualbox allows unauthenticated attacker unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (bsc#1020856) (CVE-2016-5545).

A vulnerability in the Shared Folder subcomponent of virtualbox allows high privileged attacker unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (bsc#1020856) (CVE-2017-3290).

A vulnerability in the GUI subcomponent of virtualbox allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise virtualbox (bsc#1020856) (CVE-2017-3316).

A vulnerability in the SVGA Emulation subcomponent of virtualbox allows low privileged attacker unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (bsc#1020856) (CVE-2017-3332).

A vulnerability in the Shared Folder subcomponent of virtualbox allows high privileged attacker unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data and unauthorized access to critical data to all virtualbox accessible data (CVE-2017-3538).

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

References
Credits

Affected packages

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
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.1.18-1.mga5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "section": "core"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0078.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
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.1.18-1.mga5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "section": "core"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0078.json"

Mageia:5 / virtualbox

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.1.18-1.mga5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "section": "core"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0078.json"