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Gentoo: GLSA 202101-09 Normal: VirtualBox Execution Risks

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Calendar Grey January 12, 2021
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
The Gentoo advisory on VirtualBox vulnerabilities highlights severe risks that may allow unauthorized code execution in VMs. To protect against these threats, updating to the latest VirtualBox version and applying patches is essential.
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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Resolution

All Virtualbox 6.0.x users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-6.0.24:0/6.0"
All Virtualbox 6.1.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-6.1.12:0/6.1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2019-2848 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2848 [ 2 ] CVE-2019-2850 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2850 [ 3 ] CVE-2019-2859 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2859 [ 4 ] CVE-2019-2863 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2863 [ 5 ] CVE-2019-2864 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2864 [ 6 ] CVE-2019-2865 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2865 [ 7 ] CVE-2019-2866 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2866 [ 8 ] CVE-2019-2867 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2867 [ 9 ] CVE-2019-2873 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2873 [ 10 ] CVE-2019-2874 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2874 [ 11 ] CVE-2019-2875 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2875 [ 12 ] CVE-2019-2876 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2876 [ 13 ] CVE-2019-2877 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2877 [ 14 ] CVE-2019-2926 ...

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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/202101-09
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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: January 12, 2021
Bugs: #714064, #717626, #717782, #733924
ID: 202101-09

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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 < 6.1.12 >= 6.1.12:0/6.1 >= 6.0.24:0/6.0

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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