A while ago, Oracle announced the availability of two new maintenance updates for open-source and cross-platform VirtualBox software. These are versions 5.1.8 and 5.0.28.
The VirtualBox 5.1.8 contains bug fixes and enhancements for all supported platforms, including GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows.
For example, the new version supports the use of Audio Queues for Mac OS X hosts, the ability to parse port-forwarding rules containing slashes, better keyboard handling for Windows and Mac OS X computers, as well as improved support for the deletion snapshots.
VirtualBox 5.1.8 also corrects the preparation of SAS controllers, has added Python 3 and provides improved support for the 4.8 and 4.7 4.8 and 4.7 XNUMX and XNUMX kernels.
You can download the executable files upgradeof VirtualBox 5.1.8 for GNU/Linux, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows by official website of the company.
More details about the changes to VirtualBox 5.0.28 you can see here.