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GLSA-201802-01 : VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 106739

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201802-01 (VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in VirtualBox. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 An attacker could take control of VirtualBox resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, a Denial of Service condition, or other unspecified impacts.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All VirtualBox users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-emulation/virtualbox-5.1.32' All VirtualBox Binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-emulation/virtualbox-bin-5.1.32.120294' All VirtualBox Guest Additions users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-emulation/virtualbox-guest-additions-5.1.32'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201802-01

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 106739

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201802-01.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Published: 2/12/2018

Updated: 9/28/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:virtualbox, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:virtualbox-bin, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:virtualbox-guest-additions, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/11/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/18/2018

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-2676, CVE-2018-2685, CVE-2018-2686, CVE-2018-2687, CVE-2018-2688, CVE-2018-2689, CVE-2018-2690, CVE-2018-2693, CVE-2018-2694, CVE-2018-2698

GLSA: 201802-01