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High · 8.1 CVE-2021-2279 EUVD-2021-16738GHSA-cfg7-jr9x-46h2

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is Pri…

Published Apr 22, 2021 · Updated Sep 26, 2024 · Assigned by oracle

Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is Prior to 6.1.20. 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. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.1 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Oracle VM VirtualBox unspecified – < 6.1.20 6.1.20

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS virtualbox No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS virtualbox No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS virtualbox No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS virtualbox No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.3 virtualbox +1 6.1.22-lp153.2.3.2 openSUSE-SU-2021:0977-1
openSUSE Leap 15.2 virtualbox +1 6.1.22-lp152.2.24.2 openSUSE-SU-2021:0723-1

Advisories 2

References