VMSA-2016-0019:VMware Workstation and Fusion updates address CRITICAL out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability
VMSA-2016-0019
VMware Workstation and Fusion updates address critical out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability
VMware Security Advisory
1. Summary
VMware Workstation and Fusion updates address address critical out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability.
2. Relevant Products
- VMware Workstation Pro / Player
- VMware Fusion Pro / Fusion
3. Problem Description
a. VMware Workstation and Fusion out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability
The drag-and-drop (DnD) function in VMware Workstation and Fusion has an out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability. This may allow a guest to execute code on the operating system that runs Workstation or Fusion.
Workaround
On Workstation Pro and Fusion, the issue cannot be exploited if both the drag-and-drop function and the copy-and-paste (C&P) function are disabled. Refer to the Reference section on documentation how to disable these functions. This workaround is not available on Workstation Player.
VMware would like to thank Qinghao Tang and Xinlei Ying from the 360 Marvel Team and lokihardt, all working with the organizers of PwnFest for reporting this issue to us.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the identifier CVE-2016-7461 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
Mitigation/ Workaround
4. Solution
Please review the patch/release notes for your product and version and verify the checksum of your downloaded file.
VMware Workstation Pro 12.5.2
Downloads and Documentation
https://www.vmware.com/go/downloadworkstation
https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/ws_pubs.html
VMware Workstation Player 12.5.2
Downloads and Documentation
https://www.vmware.com/go/downloadplayer
https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/player_pubs.html
VMware Fusion Pro / Fusion 8.5.2
Downloads and Documentation
https://www.vmware.com/go/downloadfusion
5. References
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7461
Workaround documentation
Workstation Pro
Disabling drag-and-drop and copy-and-paste functionality, page 81 and 82
http://pubs.vmware.com/workstation-12/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/workstation-pro-12-user-guide.pdf
Fusion
Disabling drag-and-drop and copy-and-paste functionality, page 135
http://pubs.vmware.com/fusion-8/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/fusion-8-user-guide.pdf
6. Change log
2016-11-13 VMSA-2016-0019
Initial security advisory in conjunction with the release of VMware Workstation Pro/Player 12.5.2 and VMware Fusion Pro, Fusion 8.5.2 on 2016-11-13.
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