Upstream information

CVE-2023-21898 at MITRE

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).

Upstream Security Advisories:

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1207285 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Leap 15.4
  • python3-virtualbox >= 7.0.6-lp154.2.26.2
  • virtualbox >= 7.0.6-lp154.2.26.2
  • virtualbox-devel >= 7.0.6-lp154.2.26.2
  • virtualbox-guest-desktop-icons >= 7.0.6-lp154.2.26.2
  • virtualbox-guest-source >= 7.0.6-lp154.2.26.2
  • virtualbox-guest-tools >= 7.0.6-lp154.2.26.2
  • virtualbox-host-source >= 7.0.6-lp154.2.26.2
  • virtualbox-kmp-default >= 7.0.6_k5.14.21_150400.24.41-lp154.2.26.2
  • virtualbox-qt >= 7.0.6-lp154.2.26.2
  • virtualbox-vnc >= 7.0.6-lp154.2.26.2
  • virtualbox-websrv >= 7.0.6-lp154.2.26.2
Patchnames:
openSUSE-2023-33
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • python3-virtualbox >= 7.0.6-1.1
  • virtualbox >= 7.0.6-1.1
  • virtualbox-devel >= 7.0.6-1.1
  • virtualbox-guest-desktop-icons >= 7.0.6-1.1
  • virtualbox-guest-source >= 7.0.6-1.1
  • virtualbox-guest-tools >= 7.0.6-1.1
  • virtualbox-host-source >= 7.0.6-1.1
  • virtualbox-qt >= 7.0.6-1.1
  • virtualbox-vnc >= 7.0.6-1.1
  • virtualbox-websrv >= 7.0.6-1.1
Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-12640


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Jan 19 13:00:17 2023
CVE page last modified: Tue Sep 3 19:29:01 2024