Insecure Temporary File Creation Security Vulnerability in Sun xVM VirtualBox

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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:


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:

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:


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