PT-2017-15972 · Oracle+2 · Virtualbox+2

Published 2017-03-16 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-3538

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 5.0.34 Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 5.1.16

Description The issue allows a low-privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks can result in unauthorized creation, deletion, or modification access to critical data or all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data, as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.0.34, update to version 5.0.34 or later. For versions prior to 5.1.16, update to version 5.1.16 or later.

Fix

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1288

ALT-PU-2017-1289

ALT-PU-2017-1290

ALT-PU-2017-1291

ALT-PU-2017-1292

CVE-2017-3538

MGASA-2017-0078

OPENSUSE-SU-2017_1141-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2017_1142-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Virtualbox

Suse

References · 12

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-3538 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0078.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-3538 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-3538 · Vendor Advisory
• http://oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2017-3236618.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-3538 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-3538 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0078 · Vendor Advisory
• https://virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog · Note
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20222 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1038288 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/97698 · Note