VMSA-2016-0016:vRealize Operations (vROps) updates address privilege escalation vulnerability
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09 October 2016
09 October 2016
CLOSED
CRITICAL
CVE-2016-7457
VMSA-2016-0016.1
vRealize Operations (vROps) updates address privilege escalation vulnerability
VMware Security Advisory
1. Summary
vRealize Operations (vROps) updates address privilege escalation vulnerability.
2. Relevant Products
- vRealize Operations (vROps)
3. Problem Description
vROps privilege escalation issue
vROps contains a privilege escalation vulnerability. Exploitation of this issue may allow a vROps user who has been assigned a low-privileged role to gain full access over the application. In addition it may be possible to stop and delete Virtual Machines managed by vCenter.
VMware would like to thank Edgar Carvalho for reporting this issue to us.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the identifier CVE-2016-7457 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
Product Version
Running on
Severity
Replace with/ Apply Patch
Workaround
4. Solution
Please review the patch/release notes for your product and version and verify the checksum of your downloaded file.
vRealize Operations
Downloads and Documentation:
https://my.vmware.com/en/web/vmware/info/slug/infrastructure_operations_management/vmware_vrealize_operations/6_4
6. Change log
2016-10-11 VMSA-2016-0016 Initial security advisory in conjunction with the release of vROps patches on 2016-10-11.
2016-11-15 VMSA-2016-0016.1 security advisory update in conjunction with the release of vROps 6.4.0 on 2016-11-15.
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