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Gentoo: 202101-15 Normal: VirtualBox Risk Includes Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey January 22, 2021
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several security flaws detected in VirtualBox may result in unauthorized privilege elevation. Users are advised to perform an upgrade.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VirtualBox, the worst of which could result in privilege escalation.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo gentoo privilege escalation virtualization normal severity VirtualBox app-emulation

Resolution

All VirtualBox users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-6.1.18"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-14872 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14872 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-14881 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14881 [ 3 ] CVE-2020-14884 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14884 [ 4 ] CVE-2020-14885 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14885 [ 5 ] CVE-2020-14886 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14886 [ 6 ] CVE-2020-14889 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14889 [ 7 ] CVE-2020-14892 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14892 [ 8 ] CVE-2021-2073 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-2073 [ 9 ] CVE-2021-2074 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-2074 [ 10 ] CVE-2021-2086 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-2086 [ 11 ] CVE-2021-2111 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-2111 [ 12 ] CVE-2021-2112 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-2112 [ 13 ] CVE-2021-2119 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-2119 [ 14 ] C...

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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/202101-15
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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 22, 2021
Bugs: #750782, #766348
ID: 202101-15

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo gentoo privilege escalation virtualization normal severity VirtualBox app-emulation

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VirtualBox, the worst of which could result in privilege escalation.

Background

VirtualBox is a powerful virtualization product from Oracle.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-emulation/virtualbox < 6.1.18 >= 6.1.18

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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