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Gentoo: GLSA-202310-07 High Severity: Oracle VirtualBox Multiple Issues

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Calendar Grey October 8, 2023
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Numerous security flaws in Oracle VirtualBox pose risks to systems; update to the most recent version for enhanced protection.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in VirtualBox, leading to compomise of VirtualBox.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Oracle VirtualBox, the worst of which may lead to VirtualBox compromise by an attacker with network access.
Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity Gentoo Linux multiple risks Oracle VirtualBox

Resolution

All Oracle VirtualBox users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-7.0.6"
If you still need to use VirtualBox 6:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-6.1.46" "=app-emulation/virtualbox-6*"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2023-21884 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21884 [ 2 ] CVE-2023-21885 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21885 [ 3 ] CVE-2023-21886 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21886 [ 4 ] CVE-2023-21889 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21889 [ 5 ] CVE-2023-21898 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21898 [ 6 ] CVE-2023-21899 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21899

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-07
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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: October 08, 2023
Bugs: #891327
ID: 202310-07

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity Gentoo Linux multiple risks Oracle VirtualBox

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in VirtualBox, leading to compomise of VirtualBox.

Background

VirtualBox is a powerful virtualization product from Oracle.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected ------------------------ ------------ ------------ app-emulation/virtualbox < 7.0.6 >= 7.0.6

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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