MGASA-2017-0135

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MGASA-2017-0135

Summary: Updated virtualbox packages fixes security vulnerabilities

Details: This update provides virtualbox 5.1.22 maintenance release and resolves at least the following security issues: A vulnerability in the core subcomponent of virtualbox allows high privilegied attacker unauthorized read access to a subset of VirtualBox accessible data (CVE-2017-3513). A vulnerability in the core 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 hang or frequently repeatable crash resulting in denialv of service (CVE-2017-3558). Vulnerabilities in the core 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 hang or frequently repeatable crash resulting in denial of service (CVE-2017-3559, CVE-2017-3575). Vulnerabilities in the core subcomponent of virtualbox allows low privilegied attacker to fully compromise virtualbox (CVE-2017-3561, CVE-2017-3563, CVE-2017-3576). A vulnerability in the Shared Folder subcomponent of virtualbox allows high privileged attacker unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data, unauthorized access to critical data to all virtualbox accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (CVE-2017-3587). For other fixes in this update, see the referenced changelog.

References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0135.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20729, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog