PT-2022-6882 · Oracle+1 · Virtualbox+1

Kun Yang + 1 · Published 2022-10-13 · Updated 2023-08-07 · CVE-2022-21627

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 6.1.40

Description The issue is related to insufficient input validation 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.

Recommendations For versions prior to 6.1.40, update to version 6.1.40 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Core component to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2022-2822

ALT-PU-2022-2823

ALT-PU-2022-2824

ALT-PU-2022-2825

ALT-PU-2022-2826

ALT-PU-2022-2899

ALT-PU-2022-2900

ALT-PU-2022-2901

ALT-PU-2022-2902

ALT-PU-2022-2903

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

BDU:2023-05364

CVE-2022-21627

MGASA-2022-0390

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Virtualbox

References · 18

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-21627 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-03 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21627 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-05364 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-21627 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-21627 · Vendor Advisory
• https://oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2022.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0390.html · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-21627 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2022-0390 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21627 · Security Note
• https://virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog-6.1#v40 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/51712 · Telegram Post
• https://altsp.su/obnovleniya-bezopasnosti · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-21627 · Note