Oracle VirtualBox: Multiple Vulnerabilities — GLSA 202208-36

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Oracle Virtualbox, the worst of which could result in root privilege escalation.

Affected packages

app-emulation/virtualbox on all architectures
Affected versions < 6.1.36
Unaffected versions >= 6.1.36
app-emulation/virtualbox-additions on all architectures
Affected versions < 6.1.36
Unaffected versions >= 6.1.36
app-emulation/virtualbox-extpack-oracle on all architectures
Affected versions < 6.1.36
Unaffected versions >= 6.1.36
app-emulation/virtualbox-guest-additions on all architectures
Affected versions < 6.1.36
Unaffected versions >= 6.1.36
app-emulation/virtualbox-modules on all architectures
Affected versions < 6.1.36
Unaffected versions >= 6.1.36

Background

VirtualBox is a powerful virtualization product from Oracle.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in 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 VirtualBox users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/virtualbox-6.1.36"
 

References

Release date
August 31, 2022

Latest revision
August 31, 2022: 1

Severity
high

Exploitable
remote

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