Oracle VirtualBox: Multiple Vulnerabilities — GLSA 202212-03

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Oracle Virtualbox, the worst of which could result in privilege escalation from a guest to the host.

Affected packages

app-emulation/virtualbox on all architectures
Affected versions < 6.1.40
Unaffected versions >= 6.1.40
app-emulation/virtualbox-modules on all architectures
Affected versions < 6.1.40
Unaffected versions >= 6.1.40

Background

VirtualBox is a powerful virtualization product from Oracle.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Oracle VirtualBox. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Oracle VirtualBox users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-6.1.40"
 

All Oracle VirtualBox modules users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-modules-6.1.40"
 

References

Release date
December 19, 2022

Latest revision
December 19, 2022: 1

Severity
high

Exploitable
remote

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