Oracle VM VirtualBox prior 6.1.42/7.0.6 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Oracle VM VirtualBox. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2023-21899. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle VM VirtualBox (Virtualization Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability.

The weakness was presented 01/17/2023 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2023. It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-21899. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 253207 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-21899), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.1.42 or 7.0.6 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (253207). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 253207
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-21899

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Upgrade: VM VirtualBox 6.1.42/7.0.6

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12/17/2022 🔍
01/17/2023 +31 days 🔍
01/17/2023 +0 days 🔍
01/18/2023 +1 days 🔍
08/24/2025 +949 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2023
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-21899 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-21899
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-218843

Entryinfo

Created: 01/18/2023 07:29
Updated: 08/24/2025 23:24
Changes: 01/18/2023 07:29 (38), 02/14/2023 15:51 (2), 02/14/2023 15:57 (11), 02/14/2023 16:02 (1), 08/24/2025 23:24 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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