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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2019.4340 VMSA-2019-0021 VMware Security Advisories 15 November 2019 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: VMware Workstation VMware Fusion Publisher: VMware Operating System: Virtualisation Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Existing Account Denial of Service -- Existing Account Access Confidential Data -- Existing Account Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2019-5542 CVE-2019-5541 CVE-2019-5540 Original Bulletin: https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0021.html - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- VMware Security Advisories +----------+------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Advisory |VMSA-2019-0021 | |ID | | +----------+------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Advisory |Important | |Severity | | +----------+------------------------------------------------------------------+ |CVSSv3 |5.0-8.7 | |Range | | +----------+------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Synopsis |VMware Workstation and Fusion updates address multiple security | | |vulnerabilities (CVE-2019-5540, CVE-2019-5541, CVE-2019-5542) | +----------+------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Issue Date|2019-11-12 | +----------+------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Updated On|2019-11-12 (Initial Advisory) | +----------+------------------------------------------------------------------+ |CVE(s) |CVE-2019-5540, CVE-2019-5541, CVE-2019-5542 | +----------+------------------------------------------------------------------+ 1. Impacted Products o VMware Workstation Pro / Player (Workstation) o VMware Fusion Pro / Fusion (Fusion) 2. Introduction VMware Workstation and Fusion contain multiple security vulnerabilities. Patches and workarounds are available to remediate these vulnerabilities in affected VMware products. 3a. VMware Workstation and Fusion out-of-bounds write vulnerability in e1000e virtual network adapter (CVE-2019-5541) Description: VMware Workstation and Fusion contain an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the e1000e virtual network adapter. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Important severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 8.7. Known Attack Vectors: Successful exploitation of this issue may lead to code execution on the host from the guest or may allow attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on their own VM. Resolution: To remediate CVE-2019-5541, apply the patches listed in the 'Fixed Version' column of the 'Resolution Matrix' found below. Workarounds: None. Additional Documentations: None. Acknowledgements: VMware would like to thank instructor working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative for reporting this issue to us. Resolution Matrix: +-----------+-------+-------+-------------+------+---------+-------+-----------+----------+ |Product |Version|Running|CVE |CVSSV3|Severity |Fixed |Workarounds|Additional| | | |On |Identifier | | |Version| |Documents | +-----------+-------+-------+-------------+------+---------+-------+-----------+----------+ |Workstation|15.x |Any |CVE-2019-5541|8.7 |Important|15.5.1 |None |None | +-----------+-------+-------+-------------+------+---------+-------+-----------+----------+ |Fusion |11.x |OSX |CVE-2019-5541|8.7 |Important|11.5.1 |None |None | +-----------+-------+-------+-------------+------+---------+-------+-----------+----------+ 3b. VMware Workstation and Fusion vmnetdhcp information disclosure vulnerability (CVE-2019-5540) Description: Workstation and Fusion contain an information disclosure vulnerability in vmnetdhcp. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Important severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 7.7. Known Attack Vectors: Successful exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker on a guest VM to disclose sensitive information by leaking memory from the host process. Resolution: To remediate CVE-2019-5540, apply the patches listed in the 'Fixed Version' column of the 'Resolution Matrix' found below. Workarounds: None. Additional Documentations: None. Acknowledgements: VMware would like to thank S4nnyb0y for reporting this issue to us. Resolution Matrix: +-----------+-------+-------+-------------+------+---------+-------+-----------+----------+ |Product |Version|Running|CVE |CVSSV3|Severity |Fixed |Workarounds|Additional| | | |On |Identifier | | |Version| |Documents | +-----------+-------+-------+-------------+------+---------+-------+-----------+----------+ |Workstation|15.x |Any |CVE-2019-5540|7.7 |Important|15.5.1 |None |None | +-----------+-------+-------+-------------+------+---------+-------+-----------+----------+ |Fusion |11.x |OSX |CVE-2019-5540|7.7 |Important|11.5.1 |None |None | +-----------+-------+-------+-------------+------+---------+-------+-----------+----------+ 3c. VMware Workstation and Fusion denial-of-service vulnerability (CVE-2019-5542) Description: VMware Workstation and Fusion contain a denial-of-service vulnerability in the RPC handler. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Moderate severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 5.0. Known Attack Vectors: Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to create a denial-of-service condition on their own VM. Resolution: To remediate CVE-2019-5542, apply the patches listed in the 'Fixed Version' column of the 'Resolution Matrix' found below. Workarounds: None. Additional Documentations: None. Acknowledgements: VMware would like to thank Jinwei Chen of Bangcle Security for reporting this issue to us. Resolution Matrix: +-----------+-------+-------+-------------+------+--------+-------+-----------+----------+ |Product |Version|Running|CVE |CVSSV3|Severity|Fixed |Workarounds|Additional| | | |On |Identifier | | |Version| |Documents | +-----------+-------+-------+-------------+------+--------+-------+-----------+----------+ |Workstation|15.x |Any |CVE-2019-5542| 5.0 |Moderate|15.5.1 |None |None | +-----------+-------+-------+-------------+------+--------+-------+-----------+----------+ |Fusion |11.x |OSX |CVE-2019-5542| 5.0 |Moderate|11.5.1 |None |None | +-----------+-------+-------+-------------+------+--------+-------+-----------+----------+ 4. References Fixed Version(s) and Release Notes: VMware Workstation Pro 15.5.1 Downloads and Documentation: https://www.vmware.com/go/downloadworkstation https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/index.html VMware Workstation Player 15.5.1 Downloads and Documentation: https://www.vmware.com/go/downloadplayer https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Player/index.html VMware Fusion 11.5.1 Downloads and Documentation: https://www.vmware.com/go/downloadfusion https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Fusion/index.html Mitre CVE Dictionary Links: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-5540 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-5541 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-5542 FIRST CVSSv3 Calculator CVE-2019-5540: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/ I:N/A:N FIRST CVSSv3 Calculator CVE-2019-5541: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/ I:H/A:H FIRST CVSSv3 Calculator CVE-2019-5542: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/ I:N/A:L 5. 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