VBoxNetNAT is missing suid bit

Bug #1805651 reported by ChrisLaw
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virtualbox-hwe (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Fresh installs seem to be missing the suid bit on VBoxNetNat. Consequently virtual Nat networks don't work. Adding the bit fixed the problem.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: virtualbox 5.2.18-dfsg-2~ubuntu18.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-39.42-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-39-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Nov 28 15:28:31 2018
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: virtualbox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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ChrisLaw (megs-law) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package virtualbox - 5.2.24-dfsg-4

---------------
virtualbox (5.2.24-dfsg-4) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Fix typo in previous upload

 -- Gianfranco Costamagna <email address hidden> Thu, 17 Jan 2019 10:34:43 +0100

Changed in virtualbox (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) wrote : Please test proposed package

Hello ChrisLaw, or anyone else affected,

Accepted virtualbox into bionic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox/5.2.32-dfsg-0~ubuntu18.04.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-bionic to verification-done-bionic. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-bionic. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

Changed in virtualbox (Ubuntu Bionic):
status: New → Fix Committed
tags: added: verification-needed verification-needed-bionic
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Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) wrote :

Hello ChrisLaw, or anyone else affected,

Accepted virtualbox-hwe into bionic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox-hwe/5.2.32-dfsg-0~ubuntu18.04.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-bionic to verification-done-bionic. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-bionic. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

Mathew Hodson (mhodson)
no longer affects: virtualbox (Ubuntu Bionic)
Changed in virtualbox (Ubuntu Bionic):
status: New → Fix Committed
Changed in virtualbox-hwe (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
Changed in virtualbox-hwe (Ubuntu Bionic):
status: New → Fix Committed
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Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco) wrote :

works now on bionic

tags: added: verification-done verification-done-bionic
removed: verification-needed verification-needed-bionic
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Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco) wrote :

-rwsr-sr-x root/root 157776 2019-04-18 07:30 ./usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxNetNAT

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package virtualbox - 5.2.32-dfsg-0~ubuntu18.04.1

---------------
virtualbox (5.2.32-dfsg-0~ubuntu18.04.1) bionic; urgency=medium

  * SRU the latest package for bionic (LP: #1835576, LP: #1829248)
  [ Connor Kuehl ]
  * Fix build for Linux 5.0 (LP: #1835576)
    - debian/patches/ubuntu-0001-linux-5.0-compat.patch
    - debian/patches/ubuntu-0002-linux-5.0-move-ms-remount.patch
    - debian/patches/ubuntu-0003-linux-5.0-make-driver-work-with-Linux-5.0.patch
    - debian/patches/ubuntu-0004-drop-FBINFO_CAN_FORCE_OUTPUT-flag.patch
    - debian/patches/ubuntu-0005-switch-to-drm_get-drm_put-helpers.patch
    - debian/patches/ubuntu-0006-fixup-vboxvideo-module-include.patch
    - debian/patches/ubuntu-0007-update-connector-functions.patch

  [ Gianfranco Costamagna ]
  * Do not apply patches ubuntu-000{1,2,3,4,5,7], because they are included in
    this upstream release
  * New upstream release, update postinst.
  * CVE fixes
    - CVE-2019-2656
    - CVE-2019-2680
    - CVE-2019-2696
    - CVE-2019-2703
    - CVE-2019-2721
    - CVE-2019-2722
    - CVE-2019-2723
    - CVE-2019-2657
    - CVE-2019-2690
    - CVE-2019-2679
    - CVE-2019-2678
    - CVE-2019-2574
  * Drop patches useless with this new upstream release:
    - 18-system-xorg.patch
    - new-gcc.patch
    - kernel-4.18.patch
    - fix-guest-to-host-escape-vulnerability.patch
  * Cherry-pick some fixes from Debian git master branch
    - Enable full hardening
    - automatically detect wsimport from the system
    - bump std-version to 4.3.0
    - Add suid bit to VBoxNetNat to make it work (LP: #1805651)
    - Finally relax dh_strip hack
    - Relax some version constraints, already fullfilled since o-o-stable
    - use cafe instead of beef, to detect if we are inside a VM to fix
      copy-paste.
    - Start VBoxClient too, with the right --vmsvga flag, to fix screen resize
    - Switch to java11, that changed everything (Closes: #920723)
      - add new jaxw dependencies.
    - Switch from iasl to the new acpica-tools name
    - Implement DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=parallel=n handling during build
      (Closes: #924302)

 -- Gianfranco Costamagna <email address hidden> Thu, 18 Apr 2019 09:30:21 +0200

Changed in virtualbox (Ubuntu Bionic):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Andy Whitcroft (apw) wrote : Update Released

The verification of the Stable Release Update for virtualbox has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package virtualbox-hwe - 5.2.32-dfsg-0~ubuntu18.04.1

---------------
virtualbox-hwe (5.2.32-dfsg-0~ubuntu18.04.1) bionic; urgency=medium

  * SRU latest upstream release to bionic

virtualbox (5.2.32-dfsg-0~ubuntu18.04.1) bionic; urgency=medium

  * SRU the latest package for bionic (LP: #1835576, LP: #1829248)
  [ Connor Kuehl ]
  * Fix build for Linux 5.0 (LP: #1835576)
    - debian/patches/ubuntu-0001-linux-5.0-compat.patch
    - debian/patches/ubuntu-0002-linux-5.0-move-ms-remount.patch
    - debian/patches/ubuntu-0003-linux-5.0-make-driver-work-with-Linux-5.0.patch
    - debian/patches/ubuntu-0004-drop-FBINFO_CAN_FORCE_OUTPUT-flag.patch
    - debian/patches/ubuntu-0005-switch-to-drm_get-drm_put-helpers.patch
    - debian/patches/ubuntu-0006-fixup-vboxvideo-module-include.patch
    - debian/patches/ubuntu-0007-update-connector-functions.patch

  [ Gianfranco Costamagna ]
  * Do not apply patches ubuntu-000{1,2,3,4,5,7], because they are included in
    this upstream release
  * New upstream release, update postinst.
  * CVE fixes
    - CVE-2019-2656
    - CVE-2019-2680
    - CVE-2019-2696
    - CVE-2019-2703
    - CVE-2019-2721
    - CVE-2019-2722
    - CVE-2019-2723
    - CVE-2019-2657
    - CVE-2019-2690
    - CVE-2019-2679
    - CVE-2019-2678
    - CVE-2019-2574
  * Drop patches useless with this new upstream release:
    - 18-system-xorg.patch
    - new-gcc.patch
    - kernel-4.18.patch
    - fix-guest-to-host-escape-vulnerability.patch
  * Cherry-pick some fixes from Debian git master branch
    - Enable full hardening
    - automatically detect wsimport from the system
    - bump std-version to 4.3.0
    - Add suid bit to VBoxNetNat to make it work (LP: #1805651)
    - Finally relax dh_strip hack
    - Relax some version constraints, already fullfilled since o-o-stable
    - use cafe instead of beef, to detect if we are inside a VM to fix
      copy-paste.
    - Start VBoxClient too, with the right --vmsvga flag, to fix screen resize
    - Switch to java11, that changed everything (Closes: #920723)
      - add new jaxw dependencies.
    - Switch from iasl to the new acpica-tools name
    - Implement DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=parallel=n handling during build
      (Closes: #924302)

 -- Gianfranco Costamagna <email address hidden> Sat, 13 Jul 2019 15:53:11 +0200

Changed in virtualbox-hwe (Ubuntu Bionic):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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