PT-2021-20965 · Oracle+2 · Virtualbox+2

Jie Liang + 2 · CVE-2021-35545 · Published 2021-10-20 · Updated 2023-08-07

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.7

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 6.1.28

Description: The issue allows a high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash of Oracle VM VirtualBox and unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. While the issue is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 6.1.28, update to version 6.1.28 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Oracle VM VirtualBox infrastructure to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2021-3169

ALT-PU-2021-3170

ALT-PU-2021-3171

ALT-PU-2021-3172

ALT-PU-2021-3173

ALT-PU-2021-3661

ALT-PU-2021-3662

ALT-PU-2021-3663

ALT-PU-2021-3664

ALT-PU-2021-3665

ALT-PU-2023-4088

ALT-PU-2023-4089

ALT-PU-2023-4090

ALT-PU-2023-4664

ALT-PU-2023-4665

ALT-PU-2023-4729

ALT-PU-2023-4730

CVE-2021-35545

MGASA-2021-0488

OPENSUSE-SU-2021:1393-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2021:1403-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2021_1393-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2021_1403-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Virtualbox

Suse

References · 26

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2021-0488 · Vendor Advisory
• https://oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-35545 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2021:1403-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0488.html · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-35545 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-36 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-35545 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-35545 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2021:1393-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-35545 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/35549 · Telegram Post
• https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/5TGGPXPQHCHAYI4TLQLUQ74AESTO2Y6W · Note
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29566 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-35542 · Note