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Mageia 9: MGASA-2024-0275 Critical: VirtualBox Exploit Details

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Calendar Grey July 29, 2024
Dist Mageia Esm H88
MGASA-2024-0275 - The recent updates for the virtualbox and kmod-virtualbox packages resolve key security vulnerabilities as outlined in the corresponding advisory.
Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox

Summary

Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.2 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33408

- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2024.html#AppendixOVIR

- https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog-7.0#v20

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-21141

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-21161

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-21164

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical exploit virtualbox Mageia kmod-virtualbox technical details

Resolution

SRPMS

- 9/core/virtualbox-7.0.20-1.mga9

- 9/core/kmod-virtualbox-7.0.20-51.mga9

Severity
critical
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Publication date: 29 Jul 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0275.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2024-21141, CVE-2024-21161, CVE-2024-21164

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical exploit virtualbox Mageia kmod-virtualbox technical details

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