VMSA-2018-0008:Workstation and Fusion updates address a denial-of-service vulnerability
23537
13 March 2018
13 March 2018
CLOSED
HIGH
CVE-2018-6957
VMSA-2018-0008
Workstation and Fusion updates address a denial-of-service vulnerability
VMware Security Advisory
1. Summary
Workstation and Fusion updates address a denial-of-service vulnerability
2. Relevant Products
- VMware Workstation Pro / Player (Workstation)
- VMware Fusion Pro / Fusion (Fusion)
3. Problem Description
Denial-of-service vulnerability through VNC
VMware Workstation and Fusion contain a denial-of-service vulnerability which can be triggered by opening a large number of VNC sessions.
Note: In order for exploitation to be possible on Workstation and Fusion, VNC must be manually enabled.
VMware would like to thank Lilith Wyatt of Cisco Talos for reporting this issue to us.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the identifier CVE-2018-6957 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 14.1.1
Downloads and Documentation:
https://www.vmware.com/go/downloadworkstation
https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/ws_pubs.html
VMware Workstation Player 14.1.1
Downloads and Documentation:
https://www.vmware.com/go/downloadplayer
https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/player_pubs.html
VMware Fusion Pro / Fusion 10.1.1
Downloads and Documentation:
https://www.vmware.com/go/downloadfusion
https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/fusion_pubs.html
6. Change log
2018-03-15 VMSA-2018-0008
Initial security advisory in conjunction with the release of VMware Workstation and Fusion Workaround KB on 2018-03-15.
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