Multiple security vulnerabilities

Bug #1307725 reported by Felix Geyer
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Quantal
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Bug Description

VirtualBox has accumulated multiple security vulnerabilities over time.
This is a bug to track the progress on fixing them (at least in precise).

Felix Geyer (debfx)
Changed in virtualbox (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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Felix Geyer (debfx) wrote :

Attached is a debdiff for precise that basically takes all the security fixes from the yet-unreleased wheezy-security 4.1.18-dfsg-2+deb7u3 package.
I have performed basic functionality testing (booting Grml into graphical mode in a VM).

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Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur) wrote :

ACK on the precise debdiff, it is building now and will be released shortly.

Thanks!

Changed in virtualbox (Ubuntu Saucy):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in virtualbox (Ubuntu Trusty):
status: Invalid → Confirmed
Changed in virtualbox (Ubuntu Quantal):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in virtualbox (Ubuntu Precise):
status: New → Confirmed
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
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Felix Geyer (debfx) wrote :

Thanks, here is a debdiff for saucy.

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Felix Geyer (debfx) wrote :

trusty has the latest VirtualBox release which is not affected by these vulnerabilities.

Changed in virtualbox (Ubuntu Trusty):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur) wrote :

Thanks for the saucy debdiff, ACK.

Uploading to the security ppa now, and will release both it and precise later today.

Thanks!

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package virtualbox - 4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.6

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virtualbox (4.1.12-dfsg-2ubuntu0.6) precise-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: Virtual graphics device user vulnerability (LP: #1307725)
    - debian/patches/CVE-2013-0420.patch: backport upstream patch
    - CVE-2013-0420
  * SECURITY UPDATE: Apply fixes from the January 2014 security advisory
    - debian/patches/38-security-fixes-2014-01.patch: backport upstream fixes
    - CVE-2013-5892, CVE-2014-0407, CVE-2014-0406, CVE-2014-0404
  * SECURITY UPDATE: Fix memory corruption vulnerabilities in 3D acceleration
    - debian/patches/CVE-2014-0981.patch, debian/patches/CVE-2014-0983.patch:
      backport fixes from version 4.0.24
    - CVE-2014-0981, CVE-2014-0983
 -- Felix Geyer <email address hidden> Mon, 14 Apr 2014 17:37:39 +0200

Changed in virtualbox (Ubuntu Precise):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package virtualbox - 4.2.16-dfsg-3ubuntu0.1

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virtualbox (4.2.16-dfsg-3ubuntu0.1) saucy-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: Apply fixes from the January 2014 security advisory
    - debian/patches/38-security-fixes-2014-01.patch: backport upstream fixes
    - CVE-2013-5892, CVE-2014-0407, CVE-2014-0406, CVE-2014-0404
    - LP: #1307725
  * SECURITY UPDATE: Fix memory corruption vulnerabilities in 3D acceleration
    - debian/patches/CVE-2014-0981.patch, debian/patches/CVE-2014-0983.patch:
      backport fixes from version 4.2.24
    - CVE-2014-0981, CVE-2014-0983
 -- Felix Geyer <email address hidden> Wed, 16 Apr 2014 10:14:18 +0200

Changed in virtualbox (Ubuntu Saucy):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco) wrote :

Closing as invalid for quantal, EOL since 18 April 2014

Changed in virtualbox (Ubuntu Quantal):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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