PT-2023-4883 · Oracle+2 · Virtualbox+2

Majortomsec + 1 · Published 2023-04-18 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2023-21988

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

3.8

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 6.1.44 Oracle VM VirtualBox versions prior to 7.0.8

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 read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. The vulnerability may significantly impact additional products.

Recommendations For versions prior to 6.1.44, update to version 6.1.44 or later. For versions prior to 7.0.8, update to version 7.0.8 or later.

Fix

Access of Uninitialized Pointer

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-824

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2023-1689

ALT-PU-2023-1690

ALT-PU-2023-1691

ALT-PU-2023-1692

ALT-PU-2023-1693

ALT-PU-2023-1786

ALT-PU-2023-1787

ALT-PU-2023-1788

ALT-PU-2023-1789

ALT-PU-2023-1790

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:2023-05374

CVE-2023-21988

MGASA-2023-0160

OPENSUSE-SU-2023:0166-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2023_0166-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12912-1

ZDI-23-486

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Virtualbox

Suse

References · 35

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-05374 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21988 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2023:0166-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-21988 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-21988 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-21988 · Vendor Advisory
• https://oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2023.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-486 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21988 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2023-0160 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-21988 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0160.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:12912-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1209529 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-21987 · Note