MGASA-2015-0415

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    MGASA-2015-0415

    Published: 27 Oct 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated virtualbox packages fix security vulnerabilities

    Details: A vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component prior to 4.0.34, 4.1.42, 4.2.34, 4.3.32 and 5.0.8. Easily exploitable vulnerability requiring logon to Operating System. Successful attack of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS). Note: Only Windows guests are impacted, and Windows guests without VirtualBox Guest Additions installed are not affected (CVE-2015-4813). A vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component prior to 4.0.34, 4.1.42, 4.2.34, 4.3.32 and 5.0.8. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows successful unauthenticated network attacks. Successful attack of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS). Note: Only VMs with Remote Display feature (RDP) enabled are impacted (CVE-2015-4896). For other fixes in this update, see the referenced changelog.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0415.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17015, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2015-2367953.html#AppendixOVIR, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: kmod-vboxadditions

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.0.8-1.mga5

    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