Oracle VirtualBox: Multiple Vulnerabilities — GLSA 202409-11

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Oracle VirtualBox, the worst of which could lead to privilege escalation.

Affected packages

app-emulation/virtualbox on all architectures
Affected versions < 7.0.12
Unaffected versions >= 7.0.12

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-7.0.12"
 

References

Release date
September 22, 2024

Latest revision
September 22, 2024: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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