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5.4 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 5.0.25 (Virtualization Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:
Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component in Oracle Virtualization VirtualBox before 5.0.26 allows local users to affect availability via vectors related to Core.
The weakness was published 07/19/2016 with Oracle as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2016 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-3597 since 03/17/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. A single authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 92459 (Oracle VM VirtualBox < 5.0.26 Core Subcomponent DoS (July 2016 CPU)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 169204 (OpenSuSE Security Update for virtualbox (openSUSE-SU-2016:2314-1)).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (92459). Similar entries are available at 76354, 78584, 78603 and 78601.
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Version
- 5.0.0
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.2
- 5.0.3
- 5.0.4
- 5.0.5
- 5.0.6
- 5.0.7
- 5.0.8
- 5.0.9
- 5.0.10
- 5.0.11
- 5.0.12
- 5.0.13
- 5.0.14
- 5.0.15
- 5.0.16
- 5.0.17
- 5.0.18
- 5.0.19
- 5.0.20
- 5.0.21
- 5.0.22
- 5.0.23
- 5.0.24
- 5.0.25
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Nessus ID: 92459
Nessus Name: Oracle VM VirtualBox < 5.0.26 Core Subcomponent DoS (July 2016 CPU)
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OpenVAS ID: 881573
OpenVAS Name: Oracle Virtualbox Denial of Service Vulnerability-01 July16 (Mac OS X)
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Countermeasures
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03/17/2016 🔍07/15/2016 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: oracle.comAdvisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2016
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-3597 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1036384
SecurityFocus: 91787 - Oracle July 2016 Critical Patch Update Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 07/20/2016 11:30Updated: 09/08/2022 15:16
Changes: 07/20/2016 11:30 (69), 03/05/2019 23:11 (11), 09/08/2022 15:16 (3)
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