openSUSE 15 Security Update : virtualbox (openSUSE-SU-2024:0364-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 210739

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2024:0364-1 advisory.

Update to release 7.1.4:

* NAT: Fixed DHCP problems with certain guests when domain is empty
* VMSVGA: Improved flickering, black screen and other screen update issues with recent Linux kernels
* Linux Guest Additions: Introduce initial support for kernel 6.12
* EFI: Added missing LsiLogic MPT SCSI driver again to fix booting from devices attached to this device if the EFI firmware is used (7.1.0 regression)
* EFI: Restored broken network boot support (7.1.0 regression)
* Adressed CVE-2024-21248 [boo#1231735], CVE-2024-21273 [boo#1231736], CVE-2024-21259 [boo#1231737], CVE-2024-21263 [boo#1231738]

- Make the Extension Pack work with our compiler flags and RT_NOEXCEPT choices. [boo#1231225]

Update to release 7.1:

* The GUI now offers a selection between Basic and Experienced user level with reduced or full UI functionality.
* VRDE: If user does not set up TLS with custom certificates, enable it with self-signed certificate, including issuing a new one before the old one expires
* NAT: New engine with IPv6 support.
* Linux host and guest: Added Wayland support for Clipboard sharing.

- Changed license from Gpl-2.0 to Gpl-3.0

Version bump to VirtualBox 7.0.20 (released July 16 2024 by Oracle))

This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:

- TPM: Fixed errors appearing the event viewer with Windows guests
- macOS Hosts: Fixed passing USB devices to the VM (bug #21218)
- Audio: Fixed recording with HDA emulation after newer Windows 10 / 11 guests got rebooted
- USB: Fixed a deadlock in OHCI triggered when saving the current state of a VM or taking a snapshot (bug #22059)
- Linux Guest and Host: Introduced initial support for OpenSuse 15.6 kernel
- Linux Guest and Host: Introduced initial support for RHEL 9.5 kernel (bug #22099)
- Guest Additions: Shared Clipboard: Fixed issue when extra new lines were pasted when copying text between Win and X11 (bug #21716)
- UEFI Secure Boot: Add new Microsoft certificates to list for new VMs

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 210739

File Name: openSUSE-2024-0364-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 11/11/2024

Updated: 1/24/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-21259

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virtualbox-guest-source, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.6, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virtualbox-guest-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virtualbox-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virtualbox-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virtualbox-guest-desktop-icons, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virtualbox-qt, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virtualbox-websrv, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virtualbox-vnc, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kbuild, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virtualbox, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virtualbox-host-source, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-virtualbox

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/15/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-21248, CVE-2024-21259, CVE-2024-21263, CVE-2024-21273

IAVA: 2024-A-0661-S

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