Security
Security
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Oracle Virtualbox, the worst of which could result in privilege escalation from a guest to the host.
| Package | app-emulation/virtualbox on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 6.1.40 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 6.1.40 |
| Package | app-emulation/virtualbox-modules on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 6.1.40 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 6.1.40 |
VirtualBox is a powerful virtualization product from Oracle.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Oracle VirtualBox. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
There is no known workaround at this time.
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"
Release date
December 19, 2022
Latest revision
December 19, 2022: 1
Severity
high
Exploitable
remote
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