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7.6 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 5.0.27/5.1.7 (Virtualization Software). Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was presented 10/19/2016 with Oracle as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2016 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-5501 since 06/16/2016. The attack needs to be approached locally. A authentication is necessary for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 94302 (openSUSE Security Update : virtualbox (openSUSE-2016-1226)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370164 (Oracle VM VirtualBox Multiple Vulnerabilities).
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 (94302). See 4597, 4598, 79101 and 80318 for similar entries.
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- 5.0.0
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.2
- 5.0.3
- 5.0.4
- 5.0.5
- 5.0.6
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- 5.0.13
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- 5.0.20
- 5.0.21
- 5.0.22
- 5.0.23
- 5.0.24
- 5.0.25
- 5.0.26
- 5.0.27
- 5.1.0
- 5.1.1
- 5.1.2
- 5.1.3
- 5.1.4
- 5.1.5
- 5.1.6
- 5.1.7
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 94302
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : virtualbox (openSUSE-2016-1226)
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OpenVAS ID: 72199
OpenVAS Name: Oracle Virtualbox Multiple Security Bypass And DoS Vulnerabilities (Linux)
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
06/16/2016 🔍10/18/2016 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: oracle.comAdvisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2016
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-5501 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1037053
SecurityFocus: 93687 - Oracle VM VirtualBox CVE-2016-5501 Local Security Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 10/19/2016 10:22Updated: 09/27/2022 15:33
Changes: 10/19/2016 10:22 (66), 05/14/2019 14:39 (13), 09/27/2022 15:33 (4)
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