Denial of Service Vulnerability in Sun xVM VirtualBox
CVE-2009-3940

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Oracle
Status
Virtualbox
Xvm Virtualbox
Vendor
CVE Published:
16 November 2009

Summary

A vulnerability exists in the Guest Additions component of Sun xVM VirtualBox, specifically affecting versions 1.6.x, 2.0.x (prior to 2.0.12), 2.1.x, 2.2.x, and Sun VirtualBox before 3.0.10. This flaw allows guest operating system users to exploit unknown vectors, potentially leading to excessive memory consumption and a resultant denial of service. This can disrupt the normal operation of the guest OS, impacting system availability.

References

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-...
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010...
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://secunia.com/advisories/38420
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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