PT-2021-1739 · Oracle+1 · Virtualbox+1

Chennan + 1 · Published 2021-01-19 · Updated 2021-04-28 · CVE-2021-2111

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 6.1.18

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in the Core component of Oracle VM VirtualBox, allowing a high-privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash of Oracle VM VirtualBox, potentially impacting additional products.

Recommendations For versions prior to 6.1.18, update to version 6.1.18 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Core component to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2021-1120

ALT-PU-2021-1121

ALT-PU-2021-1122

ALT-PU-2021-1123

ALT-PU-2021-1124

ALT-PU-2021-1219

ALT-PU-2021-1220

ALT-PU-2021-1221

ALT-PU-2021-1222

ALT-PU-2021-1223

ALT-PU-2021-1740

ALT-PU-2021-1741

ALT-PU-2021-1742

BDU:2021-00437

CVE-2021-2111

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Virtualbox

References · 10

• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-2111 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-2111 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-2111 · Vendor Advisory
• https://oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-2111 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-2111 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-15 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-00437 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-2111 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/22378 · Telegram Post