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openSUSE Leap 42.3: 2018:1057-1 Important: VirtualBox Remote Access Issues

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Calendar Grey April 24, 2018
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
A significant patch for Fedora resolves 15 vulnerabilities in KVM, enhancing defense mechanisms against potential attacks.
An update that fixes 13 vulnerabilities is now available.

Description

This update for VirtualBox to version 5.1.36 fixes multiple issues:

Security issues fixed:

- CVE-2018-0739: Unauthorized remote attacker may have caused a hang or

frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS)

- CVE-2018-2830: Attacker with host login may have compromised Virtualbox

or further system services after interaction with a third user

- CVE-2018-2831: Attacker with host login may have compromised VirtualBox

or further system services, allowing read access to some data

- CVE-2018-2835: Attacker with host login may have gained control over

VirtualBox and possibly further system services after interacting with a

third user

- CVE-2018-2836: Attacker with host login may have gained control over

VirtualBox and possibly further system services after interacting with a

third user

- CVE-2018-2837: Attacker with host login may have gained control over

VirtualBox and possibly further system services after interacting with a

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue remote access system protection important update openSUSE VirtualBox

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 42.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-389=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (noarch):

virtualbox-guest-desktop-icons-5.1.36-50.1

virtualbox-guest-source-5.1.36-50.1

virtualbox-host-source-5.1.36-50.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (x86_64):

python-virtualbox-5.1.36-50.1

python-virtualbox-debuginfo-5.1.36-50.1

virtualbox-5.1.36-50.1

virtualbox-debuginfo-5.1.36-50.1

virtualbox-debugsource-5.1.36-50.1

virtualbox-devel-5.1.36-50.1

virtualbox-guest-kmp-default-5.1.36_k4.4.126_48-50.1

virtualbox-guest-kmp-default-debuginfo-5.1.36_k4.4.126_48-50.1

virtualbox-guest-tools-5.1.36-50.1

virtualbox-guest-tools-debuginfo-5.1.36-50.1

virtualbox-guest-x11-5.1.36-50.1

virtualbox-guest-x11-debuginfo-5.1.36-50.1

virtualbox-host-kmp-default-5.1.36_k4.4.126_48-50.1

virtualbox-host-kmp-default-debuginfo-5.1.36_k4.4.126_48-50.1

virtualbox-qt-5.1.36-50.1

virtualbox-qt-debuginfo-5.1.36-50.1

virtualbox-vnc-5.1.36-50.1

virtualbox-websrv-5.1.36-50.1

virtualbox-websrv-debuginfo-5.1.36-50.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-3737.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9798.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-0739.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2830.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2831.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2835.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2836.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2837.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2842.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2843.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2844.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2845.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2860.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1089997

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:1057-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3

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security advisory security issue remote access system protection important update openSUSE VirtualBox

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