GLSA 202208-36: Oracle VirtualBox: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity:	high
Title:	Oracle VirtualBox: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date:	08/31/2022
Bugs:	#785445, #803134, #820425, #831440, #839990, #859391
ID:	202208-36

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Oracle Virtualbox, the worst of which could result in root privilege escalation.

Background

VirtualBox is a powerful virtualization product from Oracle.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-emulation/virtualbox-modules	< 6.1.36	>= 6.1.36	All supported architectures
app-emulation/virtualbox-guest-additions	< 6.1.36	>= 6.1.36	All supported architectures
app-emulation/virtualbox-extpack-oracle	< 6.1.36	>= 6.1.36	All supported architectures
app-emulation/virtualbox-additions	< 6.1.36	>= 6.1.36	All supported architectures
app-emulation/virtualbox	< 6.1.36	>= 6.1.36	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in VirtualBox. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All VirtualBox users should upgrade to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-6.1.36"
        

References

• CVE-2022-21571
• CVE-2022-21554
• CVE-2022-21488
• CVE-2022-21487
• CVE-2022-21471
• CVE-2022-21465
• CVE-2022-21394
• CVE-2021-35545
• CVE-2021-35542
• CVE-2021-35540
• CVE-2021-35538
• CVE-2021-2475
• CVE-2021-2454
• CVE-2021-2443
• CVE-2021-2442
• CVE-2021-2409
• CVE-2021-2312
• CVE-2021-2310
• CVE-2021-2309
• CVE-2021-2306
• CVE-2021-2297
• CVE-2021-2296
• CVE-2021-2291
• CVE-2021-2287
• CVE-2021-2286
• CVE-2021-2285
• CVE-2021-2284
• CVE-2021-2283
• CVE-2021-2282
• CVE-2021-2281
• CVE-2021-2280
• CVE-2021-2279
• CVE-2021-2266
• CVE-2021-2264
• CVE-2021-2250
• CVE-2021-2145

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202208-36.xml

Concerns?

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License

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