GLSA 202212-03: Oracle VirtualBox: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Severity:	high
Title:	Oracle VirtualBox: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date:	12/19/2022
Bugs:	#877601
ID:	202212-03

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Oracle Virtualbox, the worst of which could result in privilege escalation from a guest to the host.

Background

VirtualBox is a powerful virtualization product from Oracle.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-emulation/virtualbox-modules	< 6.1.40	>= 6.1.40	All supported architectures
app-emulation/virtualbox	< 6.1.40	>= 6.1.40	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Oracle 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 Oracle VirtualBox users should upgrade to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-6.1.40"

All Oracle VirtualBox modules users should upgrade to the latest version:


          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-modules-6.1.40"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202212-03.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.