VMSA-2018-0016

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion updates address multiple out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities

1. Summary

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion updates address multiple out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities

2. Relevant Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi (ESXi)
• VMware Workstation Pro / Player (Workstation)
• VMware Fusion Pro, Fusion (Fusion)

3. Problem Description

ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion multiple out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain multiple out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities in the shader translator. Successful exploitation of these issues may lead to information disclosure or may allow attackers with normal user privileges to crash their VMs.

VMware would like to thank RanchoIce of Tencent ZhanluLab (CVE-2018-6965, CVE-2018-6966, CVE-2018-6967) and a member of Cisco Talos (CVE-2018-6965) for independently reporting these issues to us.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the identifiers CVE-2018-6965, CVE-2018-6966, and CVE-2018-6967 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.

4. Solution

Please review the patch/release notes for your product and version and verify the checksum of your downloaded file.

ESXi 6.7  
Downloads:  
https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/patch   
Documentation:  
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/55920
   
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  

5. References
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6965
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6966
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6967
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/55920

6. Change log

2018-06-28: VMSA-2018-0016

Initial security advisory in conjunction with the release of ESXi 6.7 patches on 2018-06-28.

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