Mageia 2023-0160: virtualbox security update
Summary
This update provides the upstream 7.0.8 maintenance release that
fixes at least the following security vulnerabilities:
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox prior to 7.0.8. A difficult to
exploit 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 (scope change). Successful attacks
of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox.
(CVE-2023-21987, CVE-2023-21988).
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox prior to 7.0.8. An 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 (scope change). Successful attacks
of this vulnerability can resul...
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31813
- https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog-7.0#v8
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2023.html#AppendixOVIR
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-21987
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-21988
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-21989
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-21990
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-21991
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-21999
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-22000
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-22001
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-22002
Resolution
MGASA-2023-0160 - Updated virtualbox packages fix security vulnerabilities
SRPMS
- 8/core/virtualbox-7.0.8-1.mga8
- 8/core/kmod-virtualbox-7.0.8-1.mga8