GLSA-202004-02 : VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 135113

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202004-02 (VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities)

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.

Solution

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'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-02

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 135113

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202004-02.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 4/2/2020

Updated: 3/20/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-2682

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3028

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:virtualbox, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:virtualbox-bin, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/1/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/16/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-2926, CVE-2019-2944, CVE-2019-2984, CVE-2019-3002, CVE-2019-3005, CVE-2019-3017, CVE-2019-3021, CVE-2019-3026, CVE-2019-3028, CVE-2019-3031, CVE-2020-2674, CVE-2020-2678, CVE-2020-2681, CVE-2020-2682, CVE-2020-2689, CVE-2020-2690, CVE-2020-2691, CVE-2020-2692, CVE-2020-2693, CVE-2020-2698, CVE-2020-2702, CVE-2020-2703, CVE-2020-2704, CVE-2020-2705, CVE-2020-2725, CVE-2020-2726, CVE-2020-2727

GLSA: 202004-02