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openSUSE Leap 42.3: Important Update for VirtualBox Security

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Calendar Grey January 24, 2018
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Urgent security patch released for openSUSE handling 11 weaknesses in VirtualBox; users must take immediate steps.
An update that fixes 11 vulnerabilities is now available.

Description

This update for virtualbox to version 5.1.32 fixes the following issues:

The following vulnerabilities were fixed (boo#1076372):

- CVE-2017-5715: Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative

execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized

disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a

side-channel analysis, also known as "Spectre", bsc#1068032.

- CVE-2018-2676: Local authenticated attacker may gain elevated privileges

- CVE-2018-2685: Local authenticated attacker may gain elevated privileges

- CVE-2018-2686: Local authenticated attacker may gain elevated privileges

- CVE-2018-2687: Local authenticated attacker may gain elevated privileges

- CVE-2018-2688: Local authenticated attacker may gain elevated privileges

- CVE-2018-2689: Local authenticated attacker may gain elevated privileges

- CVE-2018-2690: Local authenticated attacker may gain elevated privileges

- CVE-2018-2693: Local...

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote access important openSUSE virtualbox

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 42.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-75=1

- openSUSE Leap 42.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-75=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (x86_64):

python-virtualbox-5.1.32-42.1

python-virtualbox-debuginfo-5.1.32-42.1

virtualbox-5.1.32-42.1

virtualbox-debuginfo-5.1.32-42.1

virtualbox-debugsource-5.1.32-42.1

virtualbox-devel-5.1.32-42.1

virtualbox-guest-kmp-default-5.1.32_k4.4.104_39-42.1

virtualbox-guest-kmp-default-debuginfo-5.1.32_k4.4.104_39-42.1

virtualbox-guest-tools-5.1.32-42.1

virtualbox-guest-tools-debuginfo-5.1.32-42.1

virtualbox-guest-x11-5.1.32-42.1

virtualbox-guest-x11-debuginfo-5.1.32-42.1

virtualbox-host-kmp-default-5.1.32_k4.4.104_39-42.1

virtualbox-host-kmp-default-debuginfo-5.1.32_k4.4.104_39-42.1

virtualbox-qt-5.1.32-42.1

virtualbox-qt-debuginfo-5.1.32-42.1

virtualbox-vnc-5.1.32-42.1

virtualbox-websrv-5.1.32-42.1

virtualbox-websrv-debuginfo-5.1.32-42.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (noarch):

virtualbox-guest-desktop-icons-5.1.32-42.1

virtualbox-guest-source-5.1.32-42.1

virtualbox-host-source-5.1.32-42.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.2 (noarch):

virtualbox-guest-desktop-icons-5.1.32-19.49.1

virtualbox-guest-source-5.1.32-19.49.1...

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References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5715.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2676.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2685.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2686.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2687.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2688.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2689.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2690.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2693.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2694.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2698.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1068032

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1076372

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:0187-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3 openSUSE Leap 42.2

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote access important openSUSE virtualbox

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