CVE-2023-21898

Upstream information

CVE-2023-21898 at MITRE

Description

Upstream Security Advisories:

• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-119/

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores

CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	5.5
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector	Local
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	High
CVSSv3 Version	3.1

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1207285 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• openSUSE-SU-2023:0033-1, published Sun Jan 29 10:43:02 2023

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
openSUSE Leap 15.4	python3-virtualbox >= 7.0.6-lp154.2.26.2 virtualbox >= 7.0.6-lp154.2.26.2 virtualbox-devel >= 7.0.6-lp154.2.26.2 virtualbox-guest-desktop-icons >= 7.0.6-lp154.2.26.2 virtualbox-guest-source >= 7.0.6-lp154.2.26.2 virtualbox-guest-tools >= 7.0.6-lp154.2.26.2 virtualbox-host-source >= 7.0.6-lp154.2.26.2 virtualbox-kmp-default >= 7.0.6_k5.14.21_150400.24.41-lp154.2.26.2 virtualbox-qt >= 7.0.6-lp154.2.26.2 virtualbox-vnc >= 7.0.6-lp154.2.26.2 virtualbox-websrv >= 7.0.6-lp154.2.26.2	Patchnames: openSUSE-2023-33
openSUSE Tumbleweed	python3-virtualbox >= 7.0.6-1.1 virtualbox >= 7.0.6-1.1 virtualbox-devel >= 7.0.6-1.1 virtualbox-guest-desktop-icons >= 7.0.6-1.1 virtualbox-guest-source >= 7.0.6-1.1 virtualbox-guest-tools >= 7.0.6-1.1 virtualbox-host-source >= 7.0.6-1.1 virtualbox-qt >= 7.0.6-1.1 virtualbox-vnc >= 7.0.6-1.1 virtualbox-websrv >= 7.0.6-1.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-12640

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Jan 19 13:00:17 2023
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 19:45:35 2025