ESB-2018.1574 - [Win][UNIX/Linux] VMware Workstation, and VMWare Fusion: Multiple vulnerabilities 2018-05-23
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2018.1574 VMware Workstation and Fusion updates address signature bypass and multiple denial-of-service vulnerabilities 23 May 2018 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: VMware Workstation VMware Fusion Publisher: VMWare Operating System: Windows UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) Impact/Access: Increased Privileges -- Existing Account Denial of Service -- Existing Account Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2018-6963 CVE-2018-6962 Original Bulletin: https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0013.html - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2018-0013 Severity: Important Synopsis: VMware Workstation and Fusion updates address signature bypass and multiple denial-of-service vulnerabilities Issue date: 2018-05-21 Updated on: 2018-05-21 (Initial Advisory) CVE number: CVE-2018-6962 and CVE-2018-6963 1. Summary VMware Workstation and Fusion updates address signature bypass and multiple denial-of-service vulnerabilities 2. Relevant Releases VMware Workstation Pro / Player (Workstation) VMware Fusion Pro, Fusion (Fusion) 3. Problem Description a. Fusion signature bypass vulnerability VMware Fusion contains a signature bypass vulnerability which may lead to a local privilege escalation. VMware would like to thank CodeColorist of AntFinancial LightYear Security Labs for reporting this issue to us. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the identifier CVE-2018-6962 to this issue. Column 5 of the following table lists the action required to remediate the vulnerability in each release, if a solution is available. VMware Product Running Replace with/ Mitigation/ Product Version on Severity Apply patch Workaround =========== ======= ======= ========= ============= ========== Fusion 10.x OS X Important 10.1.2 None b. Workstation and Fusion multiple Denial-of-service vulnerabilities VMWare Workstation and Fusion contain multiple denial-of-service vulnerabilities that occur due to NULL pointer dereference issues in the RPC handler. Successful exploitation of these issues may allow an attacker with limited privileges on the guest machine trigger a denial-of-Service of their guest machine. VMware would like to thank Hahna Latonick and Kevin Fujimoto working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative, and Bruno Botelho (@utxsec) for individually reporting these issues to us. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the identifier CVE-2018-6963 to these issues. Column 5 of the following table lists the action required to remediate the vulnerability in each release, if a solution is available. VMware Product Running Replace with/ Mitigation/ Product Version on Severity Apply patch Workaround =========== ======= ======= ======== ============= ========== Workstation 14.x Any Moderate 14.1.2 None Fusion 10.x OS X Moderate 10.1.2 None 4. Solution Please review the patch/release notes for your product and version and verify the checksum of your downloaded file. VMware Workstation Pro 14.1.2 Downloads and Documentation: https://www.vmware.com/go/downloadworkstation https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/index.html VMware Workstation Player 14.1.2 Downloads and Documentation: https://www.vmware.com/go/downloadplayer https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Player/index.html VMware Fusion Pro / Fusion 10.1.2 Downloads and Documentation: https://www.vmware.com/go/downloadfusion https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Fusion/index.html 5. References https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6962 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6963 - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Change log 2018-05-21 VMSA-2018-0013 Initial security advisory in conjunction with the release of VMware Workstation 14.1.2 and Fusion 10.1.2 on 2018-05-21. - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. 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