The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202101-09 (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.

The version of Oracle VM VirtualBox running on the remote host is 5.2.x prior to 5.2.40, 6.0.x prior to 6.0.20 or 6.1.x prior to 6.1.6. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as noted in the April 2019 Critical Patch Update advisory. Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue buthas instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number:

  - An input-validation flaw exists within the processing of     data sent to OHCI endpoints that could allow privilege     escalation. (CVE-2020-2575)

  - An unspecified vulnerability exists in the Oracle     Virtualization Core component. An authenticated,     local attacker can exploit this issue, to compromise     and takeover the Oracle VM VirtualBox. (CVE-2020-2742,     CVE-2020-2758, CVE-2020-2894, CVE-2020-2905,     CVE-2020-2908, CVE-2020-2902, CVE-2020-2907,     CVE-2020-2911, CVE-2020-2913, CVE-2020-2914,     CVE-2020-2929, CVE-2020-2958)

  - An unspecified vulnerability exists in the Oracle     Virtualization Core component. An authenticated, local     attacker can exploit this issue, for unauthorized access     to critical data or complete access to all  Oracle VM     VirtualBox accessible data. (CVE-2020-2741,     CVE-2020-2743)

  - An unspecified vulnerability exists in the Oracle     Virtualization Core component. An authenticated, local     attacker can exploit this issue, for unauthorized read     access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox  accessible     data. (CVE-2020-2748)

  - An unspecified vulnerability exists in the Oracle     Virtualization Core component. An authenticated, local     attacker can exploit this issue, for unauthorized     creation, deletion or modification access to critical     data or all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data.
    (CVE-2020-2910)

  - An unspecified vulnerability exists in the Oracle     Virtualization Core component. An authenticated, local     attacker can exploit this issue, for unauthorized     ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial     DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. (CVE-2020-2909)

  - An unspecified vulnerability exists in the Oracle     Virtualization Core component. An authenticated, local     attacker can exploit this issue, for unauthorized     ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash     (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. (CVE-2020-2959,     CVE-2020-2951)

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported     versions that are affected are Prior to 5.2.40, prior to 6.0.20 and prior to 6.1.6. Difficult to exploit     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-2020-2575)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
144923	GLSA-202101-09 : VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	1/13/2021	1/30/2024	high
135586	Oracle VM VirtualBox (Apr 2020 CPU)	Nessus	Misc.	4/15/2020	5/13/2022	high
255387	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-2575	Nessus	Misc.	8/26/2025	8/26/2025	high

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