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Oracle VM VirtualBox (April 2021 CPU)

high Nessus Plugin ID 148897

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Synopsis

The remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities

Description

The version of Virtualbox installed on the remote host is prior to 6.1.20. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the April 2021 CPU advisory:

 - Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is Prior to 6.1.20. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. (CVE-2021-2250)

 - Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is Prior to 6.1.20. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. (CVE-2021-2264)

 - Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is Prior to 6.1.20. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. This vulnerability applies to Windows systems only. (CVE-2021-2312)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Apply the appropriate patch according to the April 2021 Oracle Critical Patch Update advisory.

See Also

https://www.oracle.com/a/tech/docs/cpuapr2021cvrf.xml

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2021.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 148897

File Name: virtualbox_apr_2021_cpu.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 4/21/2021

Updated: 1/3/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-2279

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-2264

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:vm_virtualbox

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/20/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/20/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-2145, CVE-2021-2250, CVE-2021-2264, CVE-2021-2266, CVE-2021-2279, CVE-2021-2280, CVE-2021-2281, CVE-2021-2282, CVE-2021-2283, CVE-2021-2284, CVE-2021-2285, CVE-2021-2286, CVE-2021-2287, CVE-2021-2291, CVE-2021-2296, CVE-2021-2297, CVE-2021-2306, CVE-2021-2309, CVE-2021-2310, CVE-2021-2312

IAVA: 2021-A-0192-S