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CVE-2020-2959:
VirtualBox vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2020-2959 is a security vulnerability affecting Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed in April 2020, affecting VirtualBox versions prior to 5.2.40, prior to 6.0.20, and prior to 6.1.6 (Oracle CPU).
Technical details
The vulnerability was reported by Ziming Zhang from Codesafe Team of Legendsec at Qi'anxin Group. The issue was addressed as part of Oracle's Critical Patch Update in April 2020, which included multiple security fixes for VirtualBox (Oracle CPU).
Impact
The vulnerability was considered significant enough to be included in Oracle's Critical Patch Update, affecting the core component of VirtualBox virtualization software (OpenSUSE).
Mitigation and workarounds
Oracle released patches to address this vulnerability in VirtualBox versions 5.2.40, 6.0.20, and 6.1.6. Users are recommended to upgrade to these or later versions to mitigate the vulnerability (Oracle CPU).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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