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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2018.2063.2
VMware Tools update addresses an out-of-bounds read vulnerability
10 September 2018
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: VMware Tools
Publisher: VMWare
Operating System: Windows
Impact/Access: Access Confidential Data -- Existing Account
Increased Privileges -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2018-6969
Original Bulletin:
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0017.html
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/57796
Revision History: September 10 2018: Vendor has recalled VMware Tools version
10.3.0 due to functional issues
July 16 2018: Initial Release
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VMSA-2018-0017.3 2018-09-06
VMware Tools 10.3.0 is discontinued because of a functional issue with
10.3.0 in ESXi 6.5, please refer to KB57796 for more information.
* KB number corrected.
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VMware Security Advisory
Advisory ID: VMSA-2018-0017
Severity: Important
Synopsis: VMware Tools update addresses an out-of-bounds read
vulnerability
Issue date: 2018-07-12
Updated on: 2018-07-12 (Initial Advisory)
CVE number: CVE-2018-6969
1. Summary
VMware Tools update addresses an out-of-bounds read vulnerability
2. Relevant Releases
VMware Tools
3. Problem Description
VMware Tools HGFS out-of-bounds read vulnerability
VMware Tools contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in HGFS.
Successful exploitation of this issue may lead to information
disclosure or may allow attackers to escalate their privileges on
guest VMs.
Note: In order to be able to exploit this issue, file sharing must
be enabled.
VMware would like to thank Anurudh for reporting this issue to us.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
assigned the identifier CVE-2018-6969 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
VMware Tools 10.x & prior Windows Important 10.3.0* None
* VMware Tools must be updated to 10.3.0 for each Windows VM to resolve
CVE-2018-6969.
4. Solution
Please review the patch/release notes for your product and
version and verify the checksum of your downloaded file.
VMware Tools 10.3.0
Downloads and Documentation:
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=3D
VMTOOLS1030&productId=3D491
5. References
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=3DCVE-2018-6969
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6. Change log
2018-07-12 VMSA-2018-0017
Initial security advisory in conjunction with the release of VMware
Tools 10.3.0 on 2018-07-12
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7. Contact
E-mail list for product security notifications and announcements:
http://lists.vmware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/security-announce
This Security Advisory is posted to the following lists:
security-announce@lists.vmware.com
bugtraq@securityfocus.com
fulldisclosure@seclists.org
E-mail: security@vmware.com
PGP key at: https://kb.vmware.com/kb/1055
VMware Security Advisories
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories
VMware Security Response Policy
https://www.vmware.com/support/policies/security_response.html
VMware Lifecycle Support Phases
https://www.vmware.com/support/policies/lifecycle.html
VMware Security & Compliance Blog
https://blogs.vmware.com/security
Twitter
https://twitter.com/VMwareSRC
Copyright 2018 VMware Inc. All rights reserved.
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