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Oracle VM VirtualBox < 6.1.46 / 7.x < 7.0.10 (July 2023 CPU)

high Nessus Plugin ID 178469

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Synopsis

The remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities

Description

The version of VirtualBox installed on the remote host is prior to 6.1.46 or 7.0.10. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the July 2023 CPU advisory:

 - Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.46 and Prior to 7.0.10. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via RDP to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. (CVE-2023-22018)

 - Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core (OpenSSL)). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.46 and Prior to 7.0.10. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via TLS 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-2023-0464)

 - Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.46 and Prior to 7.0.10. 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: This vulnerability applies to Windows VMs only. (CVE-2023-22017) Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Apply the appropriate patch according to the July 2023 Oracle Critical Patch Update advisory.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?3d5c86d3

http://www.nessus.org/u?1b8f061e

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 178469

File Name: virtualbox_7_0_10_jul_2023_cpu.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 7/19/2023

Updated: 10/20/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-22018

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:vm_virtualbox

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/18/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/18/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-0464, CVE-2023-22016, CVE-2023-22017, CVE-2023-22018

IAVA: 2023-A-0371-S