Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 7.0.21 Core denial of service

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 7.0.21. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Core. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-21253. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Oracle VM VirtualBox up to 7.0.21. This affects some unknown processing of the component Core. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 7.0.22. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 2.3 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).

It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-21253 since 12/07/2023. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 209156 (Oracle VM VirtualBox DoS (October 2024 CPU)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 7.0.22 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (209156). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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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

License

• open-source (GNU GPLv3)

Website

• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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