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.

This update for kbuild, virtualbox fixes the following issues :

kbuild changes :

  - Update to version 0.1.9998svn3110

  - Do not assume glibc glob internals

  - Support GLIBC glob interface version 2

  - Fix build failure (boo#1079838)

  - Fix build with GCC7 (boo#1039375)

  - Fix build by disabling vboxvideo_drv.so

virtualbox security fixes (boo#1101667, boo#1076372) :

  - CVE-2018-3005

  - CVE-2018-3055

  - CVE-2018-3085

  - CVE-2018-3086

  - CVE-2018-3087

  - CVE-2018-3088

  - CVE-2018-3089

  - CVE-2018-3090

  - CVE-2018-3091

  - CVE-2018-2694

  - CVE-2018-2698

  - CVE-2018-2685

  - CVE-2018-2686

  - CVE-2018-2687

  - CVE-2018-2688

  - CVE-2018-2689

  - CVE-2018-2690

  - CVE-2018-2676

  - CVE-2018-2693

  - CVE-2017-5715

virtualbox other changes :

  - Version bump to 5.2.16

  - Use %(?linux_make_arch) when building kernel modules     (boo#1098050)

  - Fixed vboxguestconfig.sh script

  - Update warning regarding the security hole in USB     passthrough. (boo#1097248)

  - Fixed include for build with Qt 5.11 (boo#1093731)

  - You can find a detailed list of changes     [here](https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog#v16)

The version of Oracle VM VirtualBox running on the remote host is 5.1.x prior to 5.1.32 or 5.2.x prior to 5.2.6. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as noted in the January 2018 Critical Patch Update advisory. Please consult the CVRF details for the applicable CVEs for additional information.

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

This update for virtualbox to version 5.1.32 fixes the following issues :

The following vulnerabilities were fixed (boo#1076372) :

  - CVE-2017-5715: Systems with microprocessors utilizing     speculative execution and indirect branch prediction may     allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an     attacker with local user access via a side-channel     analysis, also known as 'Spectre', bsc#1068032.

  - CVE-2018-2676: Local authenticated attacker may gain     elevated privileges

  - CVE-2018-2685: Local authenticated attacker may gain     elevated privileges 

  - CVE-2018-2686: Local authenticated attacker may gain     elevated privileges 

  - CVE-2018-2687: Local authenticated attacker may gain     elevated privileges

  - CVE-2018-2688: Local authenticated attacker may gain     elevated privileges

  - CVE-2018-2689: Local authenticated attacker may gain     elevated privileges

  - CVE-2018-2690: Local authenticated attacker may gain     elevated privileges

  - CVE-2018-2693: Local authenticated attacker may gain     elevated privileges via guest additions

  - CVE-2018-2694: Local authenticated attacker may gain     elevated privileges

  - CVE-2018-2698: Local authenticated attacker may gain     elevated privileges 

The following bug fixes are included :

  - fix occasional screen corruption when host screen     resolution is changed

  - increase proposed disk size when creating new VMs for     Windows 7 and newer

  - fix broken communication with certain devices on Linux     hosts

  - Fix problems using 256MB VRAM in raw-mode VMs

  - add HDA support for more exotic guests (e.g. Haiku)

  - fix playback with ALSA backend (5.1.28 regression)

  - fix a problem where OHCI emulation might sporadically     drop data transfers

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
106739	GLSA-201802-01 : VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	2/12/2018	9/28/2020	high
112143	openSUSE Security Update : kbuild / virtualbox (openSUSE-2018-938) (Spectre)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	8/28/2018	8/14/2024	high
106104	Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.1.x < 5.1.32 / 5.2.x < 5.2.6 (January 2018 CPU)	Nessus	Misc.	1/17/2018	11/8/2019	medium
106289	openSUSE Security Update : virtualbox (openSUSE-2018-75) (Spectre)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	1/24/2018	1/19/2021	high

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