National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-0876

Overview

Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0.0, 2.0.2, 2.0.4, 2.0.6r39760, 2.1.0, 2.1.2, and 2.1.4r42893 on Linux allows local users to gain privileges via a hardlink attack, which preserves setuid/setgid bits on Linux, related to DT_RPATH:$ORIGIN.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Solution

Per: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-254568-1 "5. Resolution This issue is addressed in the following releases: Linux * Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0.6r43001 * Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.1.4r43001"}

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-0674

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0674

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/3444

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/3444

External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 254568

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-254568-1

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=260331

Hyperlink:https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=260331

External Source: XF

Name: xvmvirtualbox-unspecified-priv-escalation(49193)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/49193

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1021841

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021841

External Source: BID

Name: 34080

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34080

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20090317 Re: CVE-2009-0876 (VirtualBox) references

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/17/2

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20090316 CVE-2009-0876 (VirtualBox) references

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/15/1

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 34232

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34232

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 52580

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/52580