VMSA-2016-0017:VMware product updates address multiple information disclosure issues
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23 October 2016
23 October 2016
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CVE-2016-5328,CVE-2016-5329
VMSA-2016-0017
VMware product updates address multiple information disclosure issues
VMware Security Advisory
1. Summary
VMware product updates address information disclosure issues in VMware Fusion and VMware Tools running on Mac OS X.
2. Relevant Products
- VMware Fusion
- VMware Tools
3. Problem Description
a. VMware Tools Information disclosure issue in Mac OS X Virtual Machines
An information disclosure vulnerability is present in VMware Tools running on Mac OS X VMs. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow a privileged local user on a system where System Integrity Protection (SIP) is enabled, to obtain kernel memory addresses to bypass the kASLR protection mechanism. SIP is default enabled in the latest versions of Mac OS X.
There are no known workarounds for this issue.
VMware would like to thank Marco Grassi (@marcograss) of KeenLab (@keen_lab), Tencent for reporting this issue to us.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the identifier CVE-2016-5328 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
* VMware Tools 10.1.0 can be downloaded independently and installed to resolve this issue.
** At the moment, no versions of ESXi and Fusion consume the latest version of VMware Tools i.e. 10.1.0. Remediation of this issue on ESXi and Fusion requires downloading and installation of VMware Tools 10.1.0.
b. VMware Fusion Information disclosure
An information disclosure vulnerability is present in VMware Fusion. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow a privileged local user on a system where System Integrity Protection (SIP) is enabled, to obtain kernel memory addresses to bypass the kASLR protection mechanism. SIP is default enabled in the latest versions of Mac OS X.
There are no known workarounds for this issue.
VMware would like to thank Marco Grassi (@marcograss) of KeenLab (@keen_lab), Tencent for reporting this issue to us.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the identifier CVE-2016-5329 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.
VMware Fusion 8.5
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Downloads and Documentation:
https://www.vmware.com/go/downloadfusion
VMware Tools 10.1.0
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Downloads:
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=VMTOOLS1010&productId=491
Documentation:
http://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/vmwaretools/1010/vmware-tools-1010-release-notes.html
5. References
6. Change log
2016-10-25 VMSA-2016-0017 Initial security advisory in conjunction with the release of VMware Tools 10.1.0 on 2016-10-25.
7. Contact
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E-mail: [email protected]
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