Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.2.12 Tracepath Call denial of service

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.2.12 (Virtualization Software). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Tracepath Call Handler. 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 prior to 3.2.18, 4.0.20, 4.1.28, and 4.2.18 allows local users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Core.

The weakness was presented 06/13/2013 by Thomas Dreibholz as not defined bug report (Website). The advisory is shared at virtualbox.org. The public release happened without involvement of Oracle. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-3792 since 06/03/2013. An attack has to be approached locally. Required for exploitation is a single authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit at seclists.org. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 68984 (Oracle VM VirtualBox < 3.2.18 / 4.0.20 / 4.1.28 / 4.2.18 Local DoS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 4.2.16 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (38595), Tenable (68984), SecurityFocus (BID 60794†), OSVDB (94460†) and Secunia (SA53858†). See VDB-10822, VDB-10703, VDB-10702 and VDB-10699 for similar entries.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 68984
Nessus Name: Oracle VM VirtualBox < 3.2.18 / 4.0.20 / 4.1.28 / 4.2.18 Local DoS
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OpenVAS ID: 801587
OpenVAS Name: Oracle VM VirtualBox Local Denial of Service Vulnerability-01 Oct2013 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: VM VirtualBox 4.2.16

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: virtualbox.org
Researcher: Thomas Dreibholz
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-3792 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 60794
Secunia: 53858 - Oracle VirtualBox Paravirtualised Network Adapter Denial of Service Vulnerability, Not Critical
OSVDB: 94460

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 06/25/2013 12:07 PM
Updated: 12/15/2024 06:12 PM
Changes: 06/25/2013 12:07 PM (79), 04/29/2019 12:42 PM (2), 12/15/2024 06:12 PM (19)
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