Oracle VirtualBox Security Update (cpujan2020 - 02) - Linux
🗓️ 16 Jan 2020 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The vulnerability of the Core component of the Oracle VM VirtualBox software allows a hacker to trigger a service failure. | 27 Jan 202000:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| Oracle VM VirtualBox Denial of Service Vulnerability (CNVD-2020-04038) | 17 Jan 202000:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2020-2703 | 15 Jan 202016:34 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2020-2703 | 15 Jan 202016:34 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2020-2703 | 15 Jan 202016:34 | – | debiancve | |
| EUVD-2020-22496 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| GLSA-202004-02 : VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities | 2 Apr 202000:00 | – | nessus | |
| GLSA-202101-09 : VirtualBox: Multiple vulnerabilities | 13 Jan 202100:00 | – | nessus | |
| Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-2703 | 27 Aug 202500:00 | – | nessus | |
| Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.2.x < 5.2.36 / 6.0.x < 6.0.16 / 6.1.x < 6.1.2 (Jan 2020 CPU) | 16 Jan 202000:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| oracle | www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:oracle:vm_virtualbox";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.816612");
script_version("2025-09-19T05:38:25+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2020-2703");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"2.1");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-19 05:38:25 +0000 (Fri, 19 Sep 2025)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-02-25 15:33:00 +0000 (Thu, 25 Feb 2021)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2020-01-16 15:48:45 +0530 (Thu, 16 Jan 2020)");
script_name("Oracle VirtualBox Security Update (cpujan2020 - 02) - Linux");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Oracle VirtualBox is prone to a security vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is
present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to an error in Core component.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow an attacker to
have an impact on confidentiality.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Oracle VirtualBox versions prior to 5.2.36 and 6.0.x
prior to 6.0.16.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to Oracle VirtualBox version 5.2.36
or 6.0.16 or later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html#AppendixOVIR");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("secpod_sun_virtualbox_detect_lin.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Sun/VirtualBox/Lin/Ver");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE))
exit(0);
vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];
if(vers =~ "^6\.0\." && version_is_less(version:vers, test_version:"6.0.16")) {
fix = "6.0.16";
}
else if(version_is_less(version:vers, test_version:"5.2.36")) {
fix = "5.2.36";
}
if(fix) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:fix, install_path:path);
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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