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openSUSE 2022:0020-1 Important: VirtualBox Issue and Security Fix

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Calendar Grey January 24, 2022
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Crucial openSUSE patch addresses a bug in VirtualBox. Check below for installation instructions and products at risk.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has three fixes is now available

Description

This update for virtualbox fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2022-21394: Fixed vulnerability where low privileged attacker could

compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. (boo#1194924)

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security advisory software update security fix important issue attack vector 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 15.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2022-20=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (noarch):

virtualbox-guest-desktop-icons-6.1.32-lp153.2.21.1

virtualbox-guest-source-6.1.32-lp153.2.21.1

virtualbox-host-source-6.1.32-lp153.2.21.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64):

python3-virtualbox-6.1.32-lp153.2.21.1

python3-virtualbox-debuginfo-6.1.32-lp153.2.21.1

virtualbox-6.1.32-lp153.2.21.1

virtualbox-debuginfo-6.1.32-lp153.2.21.1

virtualbox-debugsource-6.1.32-lp153.2.21.1

virtualbox-devel-6.1.32-lp153.2.21.1

virtualbox-guest-tools-6.1.32-lp153.2.21.1

virtualbox-guest-tools-debuginfo-6.1.32-lp153.2.21.1

virtualbox-guest-x11-6.1.32-lp153.2.21.1

virtualbox-guest-x11-debuginfo-6.1.32-lp153.2.21.1

virtualbox-kmp-debugsource-6.1.32-lp153.2.21.1

virtualbox-kmp-default-6.1.32_k5.3.18_59.40-lp153.2.21.1

virtualbox-kmp-default-debuginfo-6.1.32_k5.3.18_59.40-lp153.2.21.1

virtualbox-kmp-preempt-6.1.32_k5.3.18_59.40-lp153.2.21.1

virtualbox-kmp-preempt-debuginfo-6.1.32_k5.3.18_59.40-lp153.2.21.1

virtualbox-qt-6.1.32-lp153.2.21.1

virtualbox-qt-debuginfo-6.1.32-lp153.2.21.1

virtualbox-vnc-6.1.32...

Read the Full Advisory

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21394.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1194065

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1194126

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1194128

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1194924

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2022:0020-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.3 ble.

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