CVE-2019-2511

Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox component of Oracle Virtualization (subcomponent: Core). Supported versions that are affected are prior to 5.2.24 and prior to 6.0.2. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via SOAP 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. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected	Fixed
Oracle	VM VirtualBox	unspecified – < 5.2.24, unspecified – < 6.0.2	5.2.24

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗

Release	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS	virtualbox	6.1.16-dfsg-6~ubuntu1.20.04.1	—
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS	virtualbox	No fix yet	—
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS	virtualbox	No fix yet	—

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