Sun VirtualBox or xVM VirtualBox Denial Of Service Vulnerability - Windows
🗓️ 26 Nov 2009 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2009-3940 | 16 Nov 200919:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2009-3940 | 16 Nov 200919:00 | – | cvelist | |
| EUVD-2009-3911 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| GLSA-201001-04 : VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities | 25 Feb 201000:00 | – | nessus | |
| Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : virtualbox (MDVSA-2010:059) | 11 Mar 201000:00 | – | nessus | |
| openSUSE Security Update : virtualbox-ose (virtualbox-ose-1874) | 2 Feb 201000:00 | – | nessus | |
| openSUSE Security Update : virtualbox-ose (virtualbox-ose-1874) | 2 Feb 201000:00 | – | nessus | |
| openSUSE Security Update : virtualbox-ose (virtualbox-ose-1874) | 2 Feb 201000:00 | – | nessus | |
| Sun xVM VirtualBox Guest Additions < 2.0.12 / 3.0.10 Local DoS | 17 Nov 200900:00 | – | nessus | |
| VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities | 13 Jan 201000:00 | – | gentoo |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| en | www.en.securitylab.ru/nvd/387766.php |
| secunia | www.secunia.com/advisories/37363/ |
| sunsolve | www.sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/37024 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.901054");
script_version("2025-09-19T05:38:25+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-19 05:38:25 +0000 (Fri, 19 Sep 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-11-26 06:39:46 +0100 (Thu, 26 Nov 2009)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"2.1");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-3940");
script_name("Sun VirtualBox or xVM VirtualBox Denial Of Service Vulnerability - Windows");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/37363/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37024");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://en.securitylab.ru/nvd/387766.php");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-271149-1");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("secpod_sun_virtualbox_detect_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("VirtualBox/Win/installed");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will let attacker to exhaust the kernel memory of the
guest operating system, leading to a Denial of Service against the guest
operating system running in a virtual machine.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Sun VirtualBox version 3.x before 3.0.10
Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6.x and 2.0.x before 2.0.12, 2.1.x, and 2.2.x");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to the unspecified vulnerability in Guest Additions,
via unknown vectors.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Sun VirtualBox version 3.0.10 or Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0.12.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Sun VirtualBox or xVM VirtualBox is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
vmVer = get_kb_item("Oracle/VirtualBox/Win/Ver");
if(vmVer) {
if(version_in_range(version:vmVer, test_version:"2.0.0", test_version2:"2.0.11") ||
version_in_range(version:vmVer, test_version:"2.2.0", test_version2:"2.2.4") ||
version_in_range(version:vmVer, test_version:"3.0.0", test_version2:"3.0.9")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vmVer, fixed_version:"Apply patch from vendor");
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}
}
xvmVer = get_kb_item("Sun/xVM-VirtualBox/Win/Ver");
if(xvmVer) {
if(version_in_range(version:xvmVer, test_version:"1.6.0", test_version2:"1.6.6") ||
version_in_range(version:xvmVer, test_version:"2.0.0", test_version2:"2.0.11") ||
version_in_range(version:xvmVer, test_version:"2.1.0", test_version2:"2.1.4") ||
version_in_range(version:xvmVer, test_version:"2.2.0", test_version2:"2.2.4")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:xvmVer, fixed_version:"Apply patch from vendor");
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}
}
exit(99);
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19 Sep 2025 00:00Current
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CVSS 22.1
EPSS0.00375