MGASA-2015-0228

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    MGASA-2015-0228

    Published: 15 May 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-3456

    Summary: Updated virtualbox packages fix security vulnerabilities

    Details: Updated virtualbox packages fixes security vulnerability This update provides the 4.3.28 maintenance release fixing the following security issue: The Floppy Disk Controller (FDC) in QEMU, XEN, KVM and virtualbox allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and guest crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via the FD_CMD_READ_ID, FD_CMD_DRIVE_SPECIFICATION_COMMAND, or other unspecified commands, aka VENOM (CVE-2015-3456). For other fixes in the maintenance release, read the referenced changelog.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0228.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15935, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: kmod-vboxadditions

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/kmod-vboxadditions?arch=source&distro=mageia-4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.3.28-1.mga4

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High