VMSA-2018-0013:VMware Workstation and Fusion updates address signature bypass and multiple denial-of-service vulnerabilities
VMSA-2018-0013
VMware Workstation and Fusion updates address signature bypass and multiple denial-of-service vulnerabilities
VMware Security Advisory
1. Summary
VMware Workstation and Fusion updates address signature bypass and multiple denial-of-service vulnerabilities
2. Relevant Products
- VMware Workstation Pro / Player (Workstation)
- VMware Fusion Pro, Fusion (Fusion)
3. Problem Description
a. Fusion signature bypass vulnerability
VMware Fusion contains a signature bypass vulnerability which may lead to a local privilege escalation.
VMware would like to thank CodeColorist of AntFinancial LightYear Security Labs for reporting this issue to us.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the identifier CVE-2018-6962 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
b. Workstation and Fusion multiple Denial-of-service vulnerabilities
VMware Workstation and Fusion contain multiple denial-of-service vulnerabilities that occur due to NULL pointer dereference issues in the RPC handler. Successful exploitation of these issues may allow an attacker with limited privileges on the guest machine trigger a denial-of-Service of their guest machine.
VMware would like to thank Hahna Latonick and Kevin Fujimoto working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative, and Bruno Botelho (@utxsec) for individually reporting these issues to us.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the identifier CVE-2018-6963 to these issues.
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 14.1.2
Downloads and Documentation:
https://www.vmware.com/go/downloadworkstation
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/index.html
VMware Workstation Player 14.1.2
Downloads and Documentation:
https://www.vmware.com/go/downloadplayer
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Player/index.html
VMware Fusion Pro / Fusion 10.1.2
Downloads and Documentation:
https://www.vmware.com/go/downloadfusion
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Fusion/index.html
6. Change log
2018-05-21 VMSA-2018-0013 Initial security advisory in conjunction with the release of VMware Workstation 14.1.2 and Fusion 10.1.2 on 2018-05-21.
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