GLSA 202004-02: VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities
Severity: | normal |
Title: | VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities |
Date: | 04/01/2020 |
Bugs: |
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ID: | 202004-02 |
Synopsis
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in VirtualBox, the worst of which could allow an attacker to take control of VirtualBox.Background
VirtualBox is a powerful virtualization product from Oracle.
Affected packages
Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
---|---|---|---|
app-emulation/virtualbox-bin | < 6.1.2 | >= 5.2.36 | All supported architectures |
app-emulation/virtualbox | < 6.1.2 | >= 5.2.36 | All supported architectures |
Description
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in VirtualBox. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact
An attacker could take control of VirtualBox resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, a Denial of Service condition, or other unspecified impacts.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All VirtualBox 5.2.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-5.2.36"
All VirtualBox 6.0.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-6.0.16"
All VirtualBox 6.1.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-6.1.2"
All VirtualBox binary 5.2.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
">=app-emulation/virtualbox-bin-5.2.36"
All VirtualBox binary 6.0.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
">=app-emulation/virtualbox-bin-6.0.16"
All VirtualBox binary 6.1.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
">=app-emulation/virtualbox-bin-6.1.2"
References
CVE-2020-2727 CVE-2020-2726 CVE-2020-2725 CVE-2020-2705 CVE-2020-2704 CVE-2020-2703 CVE-2020-2702 CVE-2020-2698 CVE-2020-2693 CVE-2020-2692 CVE-2020-2691 CVE-2020-2690 CVE-2020-2689 CVE-2020-2682 CVE-2020-2681 CVE-2020-2678 CVE-2020-2674 CVE-2019-3031 CVE-2019-3028 CVE-2019-3026 CVE-2019-3021 CVE-2019-3017 CVE-2019-3005 CVE-2019-3002 CVE-2019-2984 CVE-2019-2944 CVE-2019-2926
Availability
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Concerns?
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License
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