Gentoo: GLSA-202101-09: VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities

Date 12 Jan 2021
Category Gentoo Linux Distribution - Security Advisories
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Posted By LinuxSecurity Advisories
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VirtualBox, the worst of which could allow an attacker to take control of VirtualBox.
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 202101-09
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 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.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  app-emulation/virtualbox
                                  < 6.1.12            >= 6.1.12:0/6.1
                                                      >= 6.0.24:0/6.0

Description
===========

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

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.

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
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2926
[ 15 ] CVE-2019-2944
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2944
[ 16 ] CVE-2019-2984
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2984
[ 17 ] CVE-2019-3002
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3002
[ 18 ] CVE-2019-3005
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3005
[ 19 ] CVE-2019-3017
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3017
[ 20 ] CVE-2019-3021
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3021
[ 21 ] CVE-2019-3026
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3026
[ 22 ] CVE-2019-3028
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3028
[ 23 ] CVE-2019-3031
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3031
[ 24 ] CVE-2020-14628
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14628
[ 25 ] CVE-2020-14629
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14629
[ 26 ] CVE-2020-14646
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14646
[ 27 ] CVE-2020-14647
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14647
[ 28 ] CVE-2020-14648
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14648
[ 29 ] CVE-2020-14649
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14649
[ 30 ] CVE-2020-14650
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14650
[ 31 ] CVE-2020-14673
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14673
[ 32 ] CVE-2020-14674
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14674
[ 33 ] CVE-2020-14675
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14675
[ 34 ] CVE-2020-14676
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14676
[ 35 ] CVE-2020-14677
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14677
[ 36 ] CVE-2020-14694
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14694
[ 37 ] CVE-2020-14695
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14695
[ 38 ] CVE-2020-14698
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14698
[ 39 ] CVE-2020-14699
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14699
[ 40 ] CVE-2020-14700
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14700
[ 41 ] CVE-2020-14703
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14703
[ 42 ] CVE-2020-14704
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14704
[ 43 ] CVE-2020-14707
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14707
[ 44 ] CVE-2020-14711
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14711
[ 45 ] CVE-2020-14712
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14712
[ 46 ] CVE-2020-14713
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14713
[ 47 ] CVE-2020-14714
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14714
[ 48 ] CVE-2020-14715
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14715
[ 49 ] CVE-2020-2575
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2575
[ 50 ] CVE-2020-2674
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2674
[ 51 ] CVE-2020-2678
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2678
[ 52 ] CVE-2020-2681
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2681
[ 53 ] CVE-2020-2682
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2682
[ 54 ] CVE-2020-2689
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2689
[ 55 ] CVE-2020-2690
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2690
[ 56 ] CVE-2020-2691
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2691
[ 57 ] CVE-2020-2692
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2692
[ 58 ] CVE-2020-2693
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2693
[ 59 ] CVE-2020-2698
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2698
[ 60 ] CVE-2020-2701
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2701
[ 61 ] CVE-2020-2702
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2702
[ 62 ] CVE-2020-2703
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2703
[ 63 ] CVE-2020-2704
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2704
[ 64 ] CVE-2020-2705
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2705
[ 65 ] CVE-2020-2725
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2725
[ 66 ] CVE-2020-2726
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2726
[ 67 ] CVE-2020-2727
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2727
[ 68 ] CVE-2020-2741
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2741
[ 69 ] CVE-2020-2742
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2742
[ 70 ] CVE-2020-2743
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2743
[ 71 ] CVE-2020-2748
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2748
[ 72 ] CVE-2020-2758
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2758
[ 73 ] CVE-2020-2894
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2894
[ 74 ] CVE-2020-2902
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2902
[ 75 ] CVE-2020-2905
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2905
[ 76 ] CVE-2020-2907
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2907
[ 77 ] CVE-2020-2908
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2908
[ 78 ] CVE-2020-2909
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2909
[ 79 ] CVE-2020-2910
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2910
[ 80 ] CVE-2020-2911
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2911
[ 81 ] CVE-2020-2913
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2913
[ 82 ] CVE-2020-2914
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2914
[ 83 ] CVE-2020-2929
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2929
[ 84 ] CVE-2020-2951
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2951
[ 85 ] CVE-2020-2958
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2958
[ 86 ] CVE-2020-2959
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2959

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-09

Concerns?
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
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