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openSUSE Leap 15.5: Security Update for VirtualBox 7.0.10 Important

An update that contains security fixes can now be installed. . openSUSE Security Update: Security update for virtualbox ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2023:0213-1 Rating: important References: #1209727 #1211941 #1212209 #1212761 Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.5 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that contains security fixes can now be installed. Description: This update for virtualbox fixes the following issues: VirtualBox 7.0.10 (released July 18 2023) This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added: - OCI: Introduced general improvements - VMM: Fixed a bug while walking page tables while executing nested VMs causing flooding of the release log as a consequence (Intel hosts only, bug #21551) - GUI: Added general improvements - TPM: Fixed a crash when a VM has a TPM version 1.2 configured (bug #21622) - 3D: Initial support for OpenGL 4.1 - 3D: Fixed various graphics issues with Windows 11 guests (bugs #21136, #21515) - Guest Control/VBoxManage: Fixed parameter "--ignore-orphaned-processes" - Guest Control/VBoxManage: Fixed behavior of how handling argument 0 for a started guest process works: One can now explicitly specify it with the newly added option "--arg0". This will effectively restore the behavior of former VirtualBox versions - Audio: Also use the PulseAudio backend when pipewire-pulse is running instead of falling back to ALSA (bug #21575) - NAT: Adjusted UDP proxy timeout from 18-21 to 21-24 range to respect intended 20 second timeout (bug #21560) - Linux Host: Added initial support for Indirect Branch Tracking (bug #21435) - Linux Host: Added initial support for kernel 6.5 (NOTE: Guest Additions do not support kernel 6.5 yet) - Linux Host and Guest: Improved condition check whenkernel modules need to be signed - Linux Host and Guest: Added initial support for RHEL 8.8 (bug #21692), 8.9 (bug #21690) and 9.3 (bugs #21598 and #21671) kernels - Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when kernel modules were rebuilt on each boot when guest system has no X11 installed - Linux Guest Additions: Added initial support for kernel 6.4 - Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when vboxvideo module reloading caused kernel panic in some guests (bug #21740) - Linux Guest Additions: Introduced general improvements in the installer area - Windows Guest Additions: Introduced general improvements in graphics drivers area - Fix issue with kernel on newer CPU (boo#1212209) - Turn build of VBoxSDL back on. This update addresses boo#1211941. - Detect vboxpython module with python 3.11 - Fix Vagrant/virtualbox startup problems boo#1209727 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 15.5: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2023-213=1 Package List: - openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch): virtualbox-guest-desktop-icons-7.0.10-lp155.2.5.1 virtualbox-guest-source-7.0.10-lp155.2.5.1 virtualbox-host-source-7.0.10-lp155.2.5.1 - openSUSE Leap 15.5 (x86_64): python3-virtualbox-7.0.10-lp155.2.5.1 python3-virtualbox-debuginfo-7.0.10-lp155.2.5.1 virtualbox-7.0.10-lp155.2.5.1 virtualbox-debuginfo-7.0.10-lp155.2.5.1 virtualbox-debugsource-7.0.10-lp155.2.5.1 virtualbox-devel-7.0.10-lp155.2.5.1 virtualbox-guest-tools-7.0.10-lp155.2.5.1 virtualbox-guest-tools-debuginfo-7.0.10-lp155.2.5.1 virtualbox-kmp-debugsource-7.0.10-lp155.2.5.1 virtualbox-kmp-default-7.0.10_k5.14.21_150500.55.7-lp155.2.5.1 virtualbox-kmp-default-debuginfo-7.0.10_k5.14.21_150500.55.7-lp155.2.5.1 virtualbox-qt-7.0.10-lp155.2.5.1 virtualbox-qt-debuginfo-7.0.10-lp155.2.5.1 virtualbox-vnc-7.0.10-lp155.2.5.1 virtualbox-websrv-7.0.10-lp155.2.5.1 virtualbox-websrv-debuginfo-7.0.10-lp155.2.5.1 References: https://bugzilla.suse.com/1209727 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1211941 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1212209 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1212761 . Crucial patch released for openSUSE Leap 15.5 targeting multiple vulnerabilities in VirtualBox 7.0.10 to bolster security measures.. openSUSE Security Update, VirtualBox Issues, Linux Updates. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Aug 06, 2023 •Important OpenSUSE