Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 5.2.39/6.0.19/6.1.5 Core denial of service

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 5.2.39/6.0.19/6.1.5 (Virtualization Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Core. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The program does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 5.2.40, prior to 6.0.20 and prior to 6.1.6. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 2.8 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).

The weakness was released 04/15/2020 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2020 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-2909. Local access is required to approach this attack. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 153290, 153291, 153293 and 153292.

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  • open-source (GNU GPLv3)

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 2.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 2.8

VulDB Base Score: 2.8
VulDB Temp Score: 2.7
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Vendor Base Score (Oracle): 2.8
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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2020
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-2909 (🔍)
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/15/2020 12:41 PM
Changes: 04/15/2020 12:41 PM (63)
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