PT-2020-3282 · Oracle+2 · Virtualbox+2

Lucas Leong · Published 2020-07-15 · Updated 2021-04-28 · CVE-2020-14704

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 5.2.44 Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 6.0.24 Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 6.1.12

Description The issue is related to the use of an uninitialized resource in the Core component of Oracle VM VirtualBox. This easily exploitable vulnerability allows a high-privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox, potentially resulting in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.2.44, update to version 5.2.44 or later. For versions prior to 6.0.24, update to version 6.0.24 or later. For versions prior to 6.1.12, update to version 6.1.12 or later.

Fix

Use of Uninitialized Resource

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-908

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2020-2415

ALT-PU-2020-2416

ALT-PU-2020-2417

ALT-PU-2020-2418

ALT-PU-2020-2419

ALT-PU-2021-1084

ALT-PU-2021-1085

ALT-PU-2021-1086

ALT-PU-2021-1087

ALT-PU-2021-1088

ALT-PU-2021-1740

ALT-PU-2021-1741

ALT-PU-2021-1742

BDU:2020-03590

CVE-2020-14704

MGASA-2020-0311

OPENSUSE-SU-2020:1486-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2020:1511-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2020_1486-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2020_1511-1

ZDI-20-904

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Virtualbox

Suse

References · 51

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-14704 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14704 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00068.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-09 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2020:1486-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2020:1511-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-03590 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-904 · Security Note
• https://oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0311.html · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14704 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00079.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2020-0311 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14704 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-14704 · Vendor Advisory