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Gentoo: GLSA-202208-36 High Level: Oracle VirtualBox Root Escalation

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Calendar Grey August 31, 2022
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Explore significant vulnerabilities identified in Oracle VirtualBox according to Gentoo's advisory GLSA 202208-36 and suggested remediation strategies.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Oracle Virtualbox, the worst of which could result in root 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 high severity security issue software update root access Oracle VirtualBox

Resolution

All VirtualBox users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-6.1.36"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2021-2145 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-2145 [ 2 ] CVE-2021-2250 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-2250 [ 3 ] CVE-2021-2264 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-2264 [ 4 ] CVE-2021-2266 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-2266 [ 5 ] CVE-2021-2279 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-2279 [ 6 ] CVE-2021-2280 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-2280 [ 7 ] CVE-2021-2281 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-2281 [ 8 ] CVE-2021-2282 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-2282 [ 9 ] CVE-2021-2283 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-2283 [ 10 ] CVE-2021-2284 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-2284 [ 11 ] CVE-2021-2285 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-2285 [ 12 ] CVE-2021-2286 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-2286 [ 13 ] CVE-2021-2287 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-2287 [ 14 ] CVE-2021-2291 https://nvd.nist....

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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/202208-36
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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: High
Title: Oracle VirtualBox: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: August 31, 2022
Bugs: #785445, #803134, #820425, #831440, #839990, #859391
ID: 202208-36

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity security issue software update root access Oracle VirtualBox

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Oracle Virtualbox, the worst of which could result in root privilege escalation.

Background

VirtualBox is a powerful virtualization product from Oracle.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-emulation/virtualbox < 6.1.36 >= 6.1.36 2 app-emulation/virtualbox-additions< 6.1.36 >= 6.1.36 3 app-emulation/virtualbox-extpack-oracle< 6.1.36 >= 6.1.36 4 app-emulation/virtualbox-guest-additions< 6.1.36 >= 6.1.36 5 app-emulation/virtualbox-modules< 6.1.36 >= 6.1.36

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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