Software Update: VirtualBox 4.3.14

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Oracle has released version 4.3.14 of VirtualBox. VirtualBox can be used to install other operating systems in a virtual environment on a computer. In this way it is possible to use different operating systems on the same hardware side by side and at the same time. VirtualBox is available for Windows XP and above, OS X, Linux, and Solaris, and is capable of many guest operating systems to turn.

In version 4.3 of VirtualBox, among other things, the complete virtualization code has been rewritten, which has solved several problems and also shows several performance improvements. There is also video capture and support for ipv6, various virtual machines running on the same computer can now communicate with each other via the internal network and there is support for multi-touch screens. This seventh update also includes the following improvements:

The following items were fixed and/or added:

  • VMM: more fixes for MSR emulation on certain hardware (bugs #12784, #12949, #13034)
  • VMM: improve MSI handling under rare circumstances (only relevant for the ICH9 chipset)
  • VMM: fixed #UD exception for 64-bit guests with the EFER.SCE bit and the SYSCALL instruction (VT-x only; 4.3 regression; bug #13008)
  • VMM: fixed timekeeping after resuming SMP guests
  • VMM: properly wake up a halted VCPU on NMI/SMI
  • GUI: fixed a potential crash
  • GUI: fixed stuck AltGr key on Windows hosts (bug #2537)
  • GUI: fixed a potential error during the version check
  • GUI: shortcut change should not require Enter/Return (or other trigger) to confirm (bugs #12828, #12847, #12937, #13087)
  • GUI: fixed update check which was broken due to changing the location of the root certificates (bug #13096)
  • VBoxManage: fixed typo in showvminfo –machinereadable (bug #13176)
  • NAT: fixed inbound half-close (bug #13116)
  • NAT: fixed slow upload speed under certain conditions (bug #10034)
  • NAT Network: fixed potential loss of inbound TCP data
  • NAT Network: fixed potential infinite stalls of TCP connections over IPv6
  • NAT Network: fixed resets of TCP connections on Windows hosts
  • NAT Network: fixed inbound half-close on Mac OS X hosts
  • NAT Network: fixed socket leak on Solaris hosts
  • NAT Network: fixed ping of mapped host loopback on Mac OS X and Solaris hosts, fixed proxying of IMCP errors on Mac OS X
  • Host-Only Network: fixed SNMP ifConnectorPresent value on Windows (bug #13143)
  • Storage: fixed a possible crash with CD/DVD passthrough under certain circumstances
  • Storage: fixed a crash when trying to open an inaccessible QED or QCOW image (bug #12613)
  • Storage: fixed data corruption or read errors under rare circumstances
  • AHCI: fixed a crash under rare circumstances
  • USB: performance fixes
  • ICH9: properly reset MSI capability on reset
  • Keyboard: active modifier keys during suspend were stuck after resuming the host
  • 3D: fixed misbehavior with huge guests (ie guest more than 4GB guest memory
  • 3D: several fixes
  • API: properly detect the Windows 8.1 guest OS type (bug #13090)
  • ExtPack: cleanup or dangling uninstallation directories
  • Linux hosts / guests: compile fix for EL7 (bug #12638)
  • Linux Additions: made 3D pass-through work with recent versions of Mesa in the guest (bug #12941)
  • Linux Additions: Linux 3.16 fixes (bug #13123)
  • Mac OS X hosts: when scanning for host CD/DVD devices also consider BlueRay devices
  • OS/2 Additions: fixed gengradd.dll library name (bug #12785)
  • Solaris Additions: fixed permissions of files and directories located on shared folders
  • Windows host installer: fixed the need for rebooting Windows after installation or upgrade, extended logging for NetFlt/NetAdp (un)installation

Version number 4.3.14
Release status Final
Operating systems Windows 7, Linux, Windows XP, macOS, Solaris, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8
Website Oracle
Download https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
File size

111.00MB

License type GPL
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