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SUSE: CVE-2023-21898: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/18/2023
Created
01/31/2023
Added
01/30/2023
Modified
01/30/2023

Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.42 and prior to 7.0.6. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. Note: Applies to VirtualBox VMs running Windows 7 and later. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-python3-virtualbox
  • suse-upgrade-virtualbox
  • suse-upgrade-virtualbox-devel
  • suse-upgrade-virtualbox-guest-desktop-icons
  • suse-upgrade-virtualbox-guest-source
  • suse-upgrade-virtualbox-guest-tools
  • suse-upgrade-virtualbox-host-source
  • suse-upgrade-virtualbox-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-virtualbox-qt
  • suse-upgrade-virtualbox-vnc
  • suse-upgrade-virtualbox-websrv

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