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title: "CVE-2015-4896\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-4896

Publication date 21 October 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component in Oracle
Virtualization VirtualBox before 4.0.34, 4.1.42, 4.2.34, 4.3.32, and 5.0.8,
when a VM has the Remote Display feature (RDP) enabled, allows remote
attackers to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Core.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| virtualbox | 15.10 wily | Fixed 5.0.10-dfsg-2ubuntu1 |
| 15.04 vivid | Fixed 4.3.34-dfsg-1+deb8u1ubuntu1.14.04.1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 4.3.34-dfsg-1+deb8u1ubuntu1.14.04.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 4.1.44-dfsg-1+deb7u1ubuntu1 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-4896)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4896)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-4896)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4896)

### Other references

* <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2015-2367953.html#AppendixOVIR>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4896>