Security
Security
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VirtualBox, allowing local attackers to escalate their privileges or cause a Denial of Service condition.
| Package | app-emulation/virtualbox on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 4.2.22 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 4.2.22 |
| Package | app-emulation/virtualbox-bin on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 4.2.22 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 4.2.22 |
VirtualBox is a powerful virtualization product from Oracle.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Virtualbox. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
A local attacker in a guest virtual machine may be able to escalate privileges or cause a Denial of Service condition.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All virtualbox users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-4.2.22"
All virtualbox-bin users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-bin-4.2.22"