Root exploit in <=3.0.8 due to VBoxNetAdpCtl?
Bug #446493 reported by
John Dong
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #444812: Get VirtualBox 3.0.8 (maintenance/bugfix release) into Karmic.
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| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: virtualbox-ose
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This Sun alert seems to imply VBox 3.0.6 such as in Karmic is susceptible to a root exploit by anyone who can run VirtualBox. Does this apply to us?
Revision history for this message
| Jamie Strandboge (jdstrand) wrote | #1 |
| visibility: | private → public |
| Changed in virtualbox-ose (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Invalid |
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