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openSUSE: 2018:3876-1 Important: VirtualBox Network Issue Fix

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Calendar Grey November 23, 2018
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Crucial security patch for Fedora enhances VirtualBox network driver functionality and suggests immediate application.
An update that contains security fixes can now be installed.

Description

This update for virtualbox fixes the following issues:

virtualbox was updated to version 5.2.22 (released November 09 2018 by

Oracle).

Security issues fixed:

- Fixed a guest-to-host excape via the e1000 virtual network driver

(bsc#1115041).

Non-security issues fixed:

- Audio: Fixed a regression in the Core Audio backend causing a hang when

returning from host sleep when processing input buffers.

- Audio: Fixed a potential crash in the HDA emulation if a stream has no

valid mixer sink attached.

- Linux Additions: Disable 3D for recent guests using Wayland (bug #18116).

- Linux Additions: Fix for rebuilding kernel modules for new kernels on

RPM guests.

- Linux Additions: Further fixes for Linux 4.19.

- Linux Additions: Fixed errors rebuilding initrd files with dracut on EL

6 (bug 18055#).

- Linux Additions: Fixed 5.2.20 regression: guests not remembering the

screen size after shutdown and restart (bug #18078).

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update virtualization openSUSE network fix

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-2018-1443=1

- openSUSE Leap 15.0:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-1443=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (x86_64):

python-virtualbox-5.2.22-63.1

python-virtualbox-debuginfo-5.2.22-63.1

virtualbox-5.2.22-63.1

virtualbox-debuginfo-5.2.22-63.1

virtualbox-debugsource-5.2.22-63.1

virtualbox-devel-5.2.22-63.1

virtualbox-guest-kmp-default-5.2.22_k4.4.162_78-63.1

virtualbox-guest-kmp-default-debuginfo-5.2.22_k4.4.162_78-63.1

virtualbox-guest-tools-5.2.22-63.1

virtualbox-guest-tools-debuginfo-5.2.22-63.1

virtualbox-guest-x11-5.2.22-63.1

virtualbox-guest-x11-debuginfo-5.2.22-63.1

virtualbox-host-kmp-default-5.2.22_k4.4.162_78-63.1

virtualbox-host-kmp-default-debuginfo-5.2.22_k4.4.162_78-63.1

virtualbox-qt-5.2.22-63.1

virtualbox-qt-debuginfo-5.2.22-63.1

virtualbox-vnc-5.2.22-63.1

virtualbox-websrv-5.2.22-63.1

virtualbox-websrv-debuginfo-5.2.22-63.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (noarch):

virtualbox-guest-desktop-icons-5.2.22-63.1

virtualbox-guest-source-5.2.22-63.1

virtualbox-host-source-5.2.22-63.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (noarch):

virtualbox-guest-desktop-icons-5.2.22-lp150.4.23.1

virtualbox-guest-source-5.2.22-lp...

Read the Full Advisory

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1115041

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:3876-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3 openSUSE Leap 15.0

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