Released the corrective version of VirtualBox 6.0.10

about VirtualBox 6

Oracle recently released a corrective version of its VirtualBox 6.0.10 virtualization system, in which about 20 corrections arrive. Among the problems solved in this new release, the solutions to shared directories, USB and more stand out.

For those who do not know by VirtualBox, they should know that is a virtualization tool multiplatform, which gives us the possibility to create virtual disk drives where we can install an operating system within the one we normally use.

VirtualBox us allows running virtual machines remotely, through Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), iSCSI support. Another of the functions it presents is that of mount ISO images as virtual CD or DVD drives, or as a floppy disk.

VirtualBox is a free virtualization solution from Oracle. VirtualBox can virtualize Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 10, Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS and many other versions of Linux, Solaris, some variants of BSD, etc.

Important changes in VirtualBox version 6.0.10

In this new version fix of VirtualBox 6.0.10 Linux-based host components for Ubuntu and Debian added support for the use of digitally signed drivers for booting in UEFI Secure Boot Mode.

In addition to it fixed problems with module creation for different Linux kernel versions and the blocking approach when using some versions of Qt.

The Components for Linux-based guest systems solved problems with creating modules for the Linux kernel, forgetting the screen size after reboot, loading old versions of libcrypt and applying udev rules in a timely manner.

On the other hand UI solves issues when resizing a window in Linux environments new and naming input drivers and fixed VM crash under certain circumstances when using serial port driver.

OHCI emulation USB issues resolved. Improved identification of USB devices

In Windows-based host environment, problems were fixed when copying files from shared directories and locks were removed when used in non-monitor mode.

Fixed issues with shared directories on OS / 2 guest systems.

Removal information has appeared in versions 6.0.10 and 5.2.32 of 13 vulnerabilities, of which 3 have a high degree of danger (CVSS score 8.2 and 8.8).

In the release note, the security fix is ​​not announced. Details are not reported, but judging by the CVSS level, vulnerabilities that allow the host system to execute code on the host side have been removed.

How to install VirtualBox 6.0.10 on Ubuntu and derivatives?

This new version of virtualBox 6.0.10 is not available in the official Ubuntu package repository. But we can easily add VirtualBox package repository in Ubuntu and derivatives and install VirtualBox 6.0.10 from there.

Before installing VirtualBox 6.0.10, they need to ensure that hardware virtualization is enabled. If they are using an Intel processor, they must enable VT-x or VT-d from their computer's BIOS.

To add the official VirtualBox package repository, they should open a terminal with Ctrl + Alt + T and run the following command:

echo "deb https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian $(lsb_release -cs) contrib" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list

Done this now We must add the public PGP key from the official VirtualBox packages repository to the system.

Otherwise, we will not be able to use the official VirtualBox package repository. To add the public PGP key from the official VirtualBox package repository, run the following command:

wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -

Now that the official VirtualBox package repository is ready to use, we can install VirtualBox 6.0.10.

First, we need to update the APT package repository with the following command:

sudo apt-get update

Once this is done, now we are going to proceed to install VirtualBox to the system with:

sudo apt install virtualbox-6.0

And ready with it, we can use the new version of VirtualBox in our system.


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