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Gentoo: GLSA-202212-03 High: Oracle VirtualBox Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey December 18, 2022
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Numerous vulnerabilities identified in VMware Workstation may result in unauthorized access from guest to host. It's recommended to update to version 16.2.3 immediately.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Oracle Virtualbox, the worst of which could result in privilege escalation from a guest to the host

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity gentoo privilege escalation software upgrade multiple issues virtualbox

Resolution

All Oracle VirtualBox users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-6.1.40"
All Oracle VirtualBox modules users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-modules-6.1.40"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2022-21620 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21620 [ 2 ] CVE-2022-21621 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21621 [ 3 ] CVE-2022-21627 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21627 [ 4 ] CVE-2022-39421 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39421 [ 5 ] CVE-2022-39422 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39422 [ 6 ] CVE-2022-39423 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39423 [ 7 ] CVE-2022-39424 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39424 [ 8 ] CVE-2022-39425 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39425 [ 9 ] CVE-2022-39426 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39426

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-03
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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: December 19, 2022
Bugs: #877601
ID: 202212-03

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity gentoo privilege escalation software upgrade multiple issues virtualbox

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Oracle Virtualbox, the worst of which could result in privilege escalation from a guest to the host.

Background

VirtualBox is a powerful virtualization product from Oracle.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-emulation/virtualbox < 6.1.40 >= 6.1.40 2 app-emulation/virtualbox-modules < 6.1.40 >= 6.1.40

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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