VMSA-2012-0010

VMware vMA addresses a security issue

1. Summary

VMware vMA addresses a security issue

2. Relevant releases

vMA 4.0

vMA 4.1

vMA 5 patch 1 (5.0.0.1)

3. Problem Description

a. VMware Library file loading Privilege Escalation
A flaw in the way library files are loaded could allow for privilege escalation.
VMware would like to thank Thorsten Tüllmann for reporting this issue to us.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project ( cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2012-2752 to this issue.
Column 4 of the following table lists the action required to remediate the vulnerability in each release, if a solution is available.

* Customers who are running vMA 4.0 and vMA 4.1 would need to update to vMA 5.0 Patch 2 (5.0.0.2) to remediate this issue.

4. Solution

Please review the patch/release notes for your product and version and verify the checksum of your downloaded file.

vMA 5.0
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vMA-5.0.0.2-724898.zip
md5sum: 3537169e177d5ddf987926b428fffb20
sha1sum: 6720cb255109d3a93be5a3af6c35fd9efae7261a
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2021164

5. References

CVE numbers

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2752

6. Change log

2012-05-25 VMSA-2012-0010
Initial security advisory in conjunction with the release of vMA 5.0 patch 2 (5.0.0.2) on 2012-05-25.

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 at lists.vmware.com
• bugtraq at securityfocus.com
• full-disclosure at lists.grok.org.uk