Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 7.0.21/7.1.1 Core denial of service

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 7.0.21/7.1.1. This impacts an unknown function of the component Core. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-21248. The attack requires local access. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 7.0.21/7.1.1 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component Core. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 7.0.22 and prior to 7.1.2. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L).

The advisory is available at oracle.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-21248 since 12/07/2023. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 210739 (openSUSE 15 Security Update : virtualbox (openSUSE-SU-2024:0364-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 7.0.22 or 7.1.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (210739). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Type

• Virtualization Software

Vendor

• Oracle

Name

• VM VirtualBox

Version

• 7.0.0
• 7.0.1
• 7.0.2
• 7.0.3
• 7.0.4
• 7.0.5
• 7.0.6
• 7.0.7
• 7.0.8
• 7.0.9
• 7.0.10
• 7.0.11
• 7.0.12
• 7.0.13
• 7.0.14
• 7.0.15
• 7.0.16
• 7.0.17
• 7.0.18
• 7.0.19
• 7.0.20
• 7.0.21
• 7.1.0
• 7.1.1

License

• open-source (GNU GPLv3)

Website

• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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