UBUNTU-CVE-2023-21998

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-21998
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-21998.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-21998
Upstream
Published
2023-04-18T20:15:00Z
Modified
2026-03-24T11:14:05.637349Z
Severity
  • 4.6 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.44 and Prior to 7.0.8. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high 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. Note: This vulnerability applies to Windows VMs only. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.6 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / virtualbox

Package

Name
virtualbox
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/virtualbox@5.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.3?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*
5.0.4-dfsg-2
5.0.8-dfsg-1
5.0.10-dfsg-1
5.0.10-dfsg-2
5.0.10-dfsg-3
5.0.10-dfsg-4
5.0.10-dfsg-5
5.0.10-dfsg-6
5.0.10-dfsg-7
5.0.12-dfsg-1
5.0.12-dfsg-2
5.0.14-dfsg-1
5.0.14-dfsg-2
5.0.14-dfsg-2build1
5.0.16-dfsg-2
5.0.16-dfsg-3
5.0.18-dfsg-1
5.0.18-dfsg-1ubuntu1
5.0.18-dfsg-2
5.0.18-dfsg-2build1
5.0.18-dfsg-2ubuntu1
5.0.24-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.1
5.0.32-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2
5.0.36-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2
5.0.40-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.1
5.0.40-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2
5.1.34-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2
5.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.1
5.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.2
5.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "virtualbox",
            "binary_version": "5.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "virtualbox-dkms",
            "binary_version": "5.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "virtualbox-guest-dkms",
            "binary_version": "5.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "virtualbox-guest-source",
            "binary_version": "5.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "virtualbox-guest-utils",
            "binary_version": "5.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "virtualbox-guest-x11",
            "binary_version": "5.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "virtualbox-qt",
            "binary_version": "5.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "virtualbox-source",
            "binary_version": "5.1.38-dfsg-0ubuntu1.16.04.3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-21998.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / virtualbox

Package

Name
virtualbox
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/virtualbox@5.2.42-dfsg-0~ubuntu1.18.04.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*
5.1.30-dfsg-1
5.2.0-dfsg-1build2
5.2.0-dfsg-2
5.2.0-dfsg-4
5.2.0-dfsg-5
5.2.2-dfsg-2
5.2.2-dfsg-3~build1
5.2.2-dfsg-3
5.2.4-dfsg-1
5.2.4-dfsg-2
5.2.6-dfsg-1
5.2.6-dfsg-2
5.2.6-dfsg-3
5.2.6-dfsg-3build1
5.2.6-dfsg-5
5.2.8-dfsg-2
5.2.8-dfsg-3
5.2.8-dfsg-5
5.2.8-dfsg-6
5.2.8-dfsg-7
5.2.10-dfsg-1
5.2.10-dfsg-2
5.2.10-dfsg-5
5.2.10-dfsg-6
5.2.10-dfsg-6ubuntu18.04.1
5.2.18-dfsg-2~ubuntu18.04.1
5.2.18-dfsg-2~ubuntu18.04.3
5.2.18-dfsg-2~ubuntu18.04.5
5.2.32-dfsg-0~ubuntu18.04.1
5.2.34-dfsg-0~ubuntu18.04.1
5.2.42-dfsg-0~ubuntu1.18.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "virtualbox",
            "binary_version": "5.2.42-dfsg-0~ubuntu1.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "virtualbox-dkms",
            "binary_version": "5.2.42-dfsg-0~ubuntu1.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "virtualbox-guest-dkms",
            "binary_version": "5.2.42-dfsg-0~ubuntu1.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "virtualbox-guest-source",
            "binary_version": "5.2.42-dfsg-0~ubuntu1.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "virtualbox-guest-utils",
            "binary_version": "5.2.42-dfsg-0~ubuntu1.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "virtualbox-guest-x11",
            "binary_version": "5.2.42-dfsg-0~ubuntu1.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "virtualbox-qt",
            "binary_version": "5.2.42-dfsg-0~ubuntu1.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "virtualbox-source",
            "binary_version": "5.2.42-dfsg-0~ubuntu1.18.04.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-21998.json"

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / virtualbox

Package

Name
virtualbox
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/virtualbox@6.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.20.04.1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*
6.0.14-dfsg-1
6.0.14-dfsg-2~build1
6.0.14-dfsg-2
6.1.0-dfsg-3build1
6.1.0-dfsg-3build2
6.1.2-dfsg-1
6.1.2-dfsg-1build1
6.1.4-dfsg-1
6.1.4-dfsg-2~build1
6.1.4-dfsg-2
6.1.4-dfsg-4
6.1.6-dfsg-1
6.1.10-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.20.04.1
6.1.16-dfsg-6~ubuntu1.20.04.1
6.1.16-dfsg-6~ubuntu1.20.04.2
6.1.22-dfsg-2~ubuntu1.20.04.1
6.1.26-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.20.04.1
6.1.26-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.20.04.2
6.1.32-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.20.04.1
6.1.34-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.20.04.1
6.1.38-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.20.04.1
6.1.48-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.20.04.1
6.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.20.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "virtualbox",
            "binary_version": "6.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.20.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "virtualbox-dkms",
            "binary_version": "6.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.20.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "virtualbox-guest-dkms",
            "binary_version": "6.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.20.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "virtualbox-guest-source",
            "binary_version": "6.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.20.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "virtualbox-guest-utils",
            "binary_version": "6.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.20.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "virtualbox-guest-x11",
            "binary_version": "6.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.20.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "virtualbox-qt",
            "binary_version": "6.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.20.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "virtualbox-source",
            "binary_version": "6.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.20.04.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-21998.json"

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / virtualbox

Package

Name
virtualbox
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/virtualbox@6.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.22.04.3?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*
6.1.26-dfsg-4
6.1.28-dfsg-1
6.1.30-dfsg-1
6.1.32-dfsg-1
6.1.32-dfsg-1build1
6.1.34-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.22.04.1
6.1.38-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.22.04.1
6.1.48-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.22.04.1
6.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.22.04.1
6.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.22.04.3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "virtualbox",
            "binary_version": "6.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.22.04.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "virtualbox-dkms",
            "binary_version": "6.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.22.04.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "virtualbox-guest-utils",
            "binary_version": "6.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.22.04.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "virtualbox-guest-x11",
            "binary_version": "6.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.22.04.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "virtualbox-qt",
            "binary_version": "6.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.22.04.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "virtualbox-source",
            "binary_version": "6.1.50-dfsg-1~ubuntu1.22.04.3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-21998.json"

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / virtualbox

Package

Name
virtualbox
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/virtualbox@7.0.16-dfsg-2ubuntu1.3?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

7.*
7.0.10-dfsg-3
7.0.12-dfsg-1
7.0.12-dfsg-1build1
7.0.14-dfsg-1
7.0.14-dfsg-2
7.0.14-dfsg-4
7.0.14-dfsg-4build4
7.0.14-dfsg-4build5
7.0.16-dfsg-1
7.0.16-dfsg-2
7.0.16-dfsg-2ubuntu1
7.0.16-dfsg-2ubuntu1.1
7.0.16-dfsg-2ubuntu1.3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "virtualbox",
            "binary_version": "7.0.16-dfsg-2ubuntu1.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "virtualbox-dkms",
            "binary_version": "7.0.16-dfsg-2ubuntu1.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "virtualbox-guest-utils",
            "binary_version": "7.0.16-dfsg-2ubuntu1.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "virtualbox-guest-x11",
            "binary_version": "7.0.16-dfsg-2ubuntu1.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "virtualbox-qt",
            "binary_version": "7.0.16-dfsg-2ubuntu1.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "virtualbox-source",
            "binary_version": "7.0.16-dfsg-2ubuntu1.3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-21998.json"