CVE-2023-21990

Upstream information

CVE-2023-21990 at MITRE

Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.44 and Prior to 7.0.8. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high 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 takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.2 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

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Upstream Security Advisories:

• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-483/
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-484/
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-485/
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-486/
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-487/

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores

	CNA (Oracle)	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	8.2	8.2
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector	Local	Local
Attack Complexity	Low	Low
Privileges Required	High	High
User Interaction	None	None
Scope	Changed	Changed
Confidentiality Impact	High	High
Integrity Impact	High	High
Availability Impact	High	High
CVSSv3 Version	3.1	3.1

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1210616 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• openSUSE-SU-2023:0166-1, published Tue Jul 4 18:46:02 2023

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
openSUSE Leap 15.4	python3-virtualbox >= 7.0.8-lp154.2.32.2 virtualbox >= 7.0.8-lp154.2.32.2 virtualbox-devel >= 7.0.8-lp154.2.32.2 virtualbox-guest-desktop-icons >= 7.0.8-lp154.2.32.2 virtualbox-guest-source >= 7.0.8-lp154.2.32.2 virtualbox-guest-tools >= 7.0.8-lp154.2.32.2 virtualbox-host-source >= 7.0.8-lp154.2.32.2 virtualbox-kmp-default >= 7.0.8_k5.14.21_150400.24.63-lp154.2.32.1 virtualbox-qt >= 7.0.8-lp154.2.32.2 virtualbox-vnc >= 7.0.8-lp154.2.32.2 virtualbox-websrv >= 7.0.8-lp154.2.32.2	Patchnames: openSUSE-2023-166
openSUSE Tumbleweed	python3-virtualbox >= 7.0.8-1.1 virtualbox >= 7.0.8-1.1 virtualbox-devel >= 7.0.8-1.1 virtualbox-guest-desktop-icons >= 7.0.8-1.1 virtualbox-guest-source >= 7.0.8-1.1 virtualbox-guest-tools >= 7.0.8-1.1 virtualbox-host-source >= 7.0.8-1.1 virtualbox-qt >= 7.0.8-1.1 virtualbox-vnc >= 7.0.8-1.1 virtualbox-websrv >= 7.0.8-1.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-12912

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Apr 19 09:15:15 2023
CVE page last modified: Fri Sep 20 18:47:39 2024