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[SECURITY] [DSA 3274-1] virtualbox security update

Posted on 28 May 2015
Debian Security Advisory

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3274-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
May 28, 2015 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : virtualbox
CVE ID : CVE-2015-3456

Jason Geffner discovered a buffer overflow in the emulated floppy
disk drive, resulting in the potential privilege escalation.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed
in version 4.1.18-dfsg-2+deb7u5.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 4.3.18-dfsg-3+deb8u2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 4.3.28-dfsg-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your virtualbox packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

 

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