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. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.8 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N).

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202310-07 (Oracle VirtualBox: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

  - 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     high 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.
    (CVE-2023-21884)

  - 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. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact     additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized     read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. Note: Applies to Windows only.
    (CVE-2023-21885)

  - 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. Difficult to exploit vulnerability     allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle VM     VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox.
    (CVE-2023-21886)

  - 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. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact     additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized     read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. (CVE-2023-21889)

  - 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. (CVE-2023-21898, CVE-2023-21899)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2023:0033-1 advisory.

  - 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     high 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.
    (CVE-2023-21884)

  - 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. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact     additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized     read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. Note: Applies to Windows only.
    (CVE-2023-21885)

  - 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. Difficult to exploit vulnerability     allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle VM     VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox.
    (CVE-2023-21886)

  - 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. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact     additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized     read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. (CVE-2023-21889)

  - 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. (CVE-2023-21898, CVE-2023-21899)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of VirtualBox installed on the remote host is prior to 6.1.42 or prior to 7.0.6. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the Jan 2023 CPU advisory:

  - 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     high 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.
    (CVE-2023-21884)

  - 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. Difficult to exploit vulnerability     allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle VM     VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox.
    (CVE-2023-21886)

  - 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. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact     additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized     read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. (CVE-2023-21889)

  - 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. (CVE-2023-21898)

  - 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. (CVE-2023-21899)


Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
182756	GLSA-202310-07 : Oracle VirtualBox: Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
170772	openSUSE 15 Security Update : virtualbox (openSUSE-SU-2023:0033-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
170136	Oracle VM VirtualBox Multiple Vulnerabilities (Jan 2023 CPU)	Nessus	Misc.	high

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2023-21889

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Tenable Plugins

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