Avast NG Vurnable? Oracle Virtualbox CVE-2015-0377

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Hi Avast, I would like to provide a small warning about Avast NG’s depedency (Virtualbox.)

The CVE is: CVE-2015-0377

I have been monitoring the NVD for the week and noticed that there is a CVE for Oracle Virtualbox (The system embedded into Avast NG.)

There has been an emergency update from Oracle. The exploit details can be found at: https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/bulletins/SB15-026

The Patch information can be found at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html

I couldn’t find a direct email to send this message to anyone. I thought this might be the best place to warn you.

Thanks
Oliver

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Moderator notified. :slight_smile:

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Thanks for report, CVE-2015-0377 affects only VBox up to version 4.2.28. Avast 2015 is using VBox 4.3.16.

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@Spec8472,
Thanks for the info and reassurance that we are safe. :slight_smile:

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Thanks for clarifying, Glad we are not affected!