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Gentoo: GLSA-202004-02 Normal: VirtualBox Multiple Issues

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Calendar Grey April 1, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Uncover various vulnerabilities in VirtualBox that notably impact Gentoo users, potentially allowing unauthorized access by attackers.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VirtualBox, the worst of which could allow an attacker to take control of VirtualBox.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in VirtualBox. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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security advisory gentoo software update arbitrary code execution multiple issues normal severity virtualbox

Resolution

All VirtualBox 5.2.x users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-5.2.36"
All VirtualBox 6.0.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-6.0.16"
All VirtualBox 6.1.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-6.1.2"
All VirtualBox binary 5.2.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-bin-5.2.36"
All VirtualBox binary 6.0.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-bin-6.0.16"
All VirtualBox binary 6.1.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-bin-6.1.2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2019-2926 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2926 [ 2 ] CVE-2019-2944 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2944 [ 3 ] CVE-2019-2984 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2984 [ 4 ] CVE-2019-3002 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3002 [ 5 ] CVE-2019-3005 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3005 [ 6 ] CVE-2019-3017 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3017 [ 7 ] CVE-2019-3021 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3021 [ 8 ] CVE-2019-3026 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3026 [ 9 ] CVE-2019-3028 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3028 [ 10 ] CVE-2019-3031 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3031 [ 11 ] CVE-2020-2674 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2674 [ 12 ] CVE-2020-2678 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2678 [ 13 ] CVE-2020-2681 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2681 [ 14 ] CVE-2020-2682 ...

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Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-02
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: April 01, 2020
Bugs: #714064
ID: 202004-02

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Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VirtualBox, the worst of which could allow an attacker to take control of VirtualBox.

Background

VirtualBox is a powerful virtualization product from Oracle.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-emulation/virtualbox < 6.1.2 *>= 5.2.36 *>= 6.0.16 *>= 6.1.2 2 app-emulation/virtualbox-bin < 6.1.2 *>= 5.2.36 *>= 6.0.16 *>= 6.1.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 affected packages

Impact

===== An attacker could take control of VirtualBox resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, a Denial of Service condition, or other unspecified impacts.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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