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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2008.1116 -- [Solaris]
Insecure Temporary File Creation Security Vulnerability in
Sun xVM VirtualBox
12 December 2008
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0
Publisher: Sun Microsystems
Operating System: Solaris
Impact: Create Arbitrary Files
Modify Arbitrary Files
Access: Existing Account
CVE Names: CVE-2008-5256
Ref: AA-2008.0242
Original Bulletin:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-66-247326-1
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Solution Type: Sun Alert
Solution 247326 : Insecure Temporary File Creation Security
Vulnerability in Sun xVM VirtualBox
Bug ID: 6770579
Product
Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0
Date of Resolved Release: 10-Dec-2008
SA Document Body
Insecure Temporary File Creation Security Vulnerability in Sun xVM
VirtualBox
1. Impact
An insecure temporary file creation security vulnerability in Sun xVM
VirtualBox may allow a local unprivileged user to create or overwrite
arbitrary files, with the access privileges of the user running the
VirtualBox.
Sun acknowledges with thanks, Debian for bringing this issue to our
attention.
This issue is referenced in the following document:
CVE-2008-5256 at
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5256
2. Contributing Factors
This issue can occur in the following releases:
x86 Platform
* Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6, 2.0.0, 2.0.2 and 2.0.4
Linux
* Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6, 2.0.0, 2.0.2 and 2.0.4
Mac OSX
* Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6, 2.0.0, 2.0.2 and 2.0.4
Notes:
1. Sun xVM VirtualBox does not run on the SPARC Platform
2. Sun xVM VirtualBox packages for Windows are not affected.
To determine the version of xVM VirtualBox on a system, you can do one
of the following:
In the Menu of Sun xVM VirtualBox, select Help -> About VirtualBox
Or,
From the command line, run "VBoxManage -version" in the product
installation directory.
3. Symptoms
Extra files appear or existing files suddenly have different content.
The file contents are very small; such as a single line containing
only a number.
4. Workaround
There is no workaround for this issue. Please see the "Resolution"
section below.
5. Resolution
This issue is addressed in the following releases:
x86 Platform
* Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0.6
Linux
* Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0.6
Mac OSX
* Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0.6
Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0.6 can be downloaded from the following site:
http://dlc.sun.com/virtualbox/vboxdownload.html
For more information on Security Sun Alerts, see Technical
Instruction ID 213557.
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