VMSA-2020-0010:VMware Cloud Director updates address Code Injection Vulnerability

VMware Cloud Director

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17 May 2020

06 May 2020

CLOSED

HIGH

8.8

CVE-2020-3956

VMSA-2020-0010
8.8
2020-05-19
2020-05-19 (Initial Advisory)
CVE-2020-3956
VMware Cloud Director updates address Code Injection Vulnerability (CVE-2020-3956)
1. Impacted Products

VMware Cloud Director (formerly known as vCloud Director)

2. Introduction

A code injection vulnerability in VMware Cloud Director was privately reported to VMware. Patches and workarounds are available to remediate or workaround this vulnerability in affected VMware products.

3a. Advisory Details

Description

VMware Cloud Director does not properly handle input leading to a code injection vulnerability. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Imporant severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 8.8.

Known Attack Vectors

An authenticated actor may be able to send malicious traffic to VMware Cloud Director which may lead to arbitrary remote code execution. This vulnerability can be exploited through the HTML5- and Flex-based UIs, the API Explorer interface and API access.

Resolution

To remediate CVE-2020-3956 apply the patches listed in the 'Fixed Version' column of the 'Response Matrix' found below.

Workarounds

Workarounds for CVE-2020-3956 have been documented in the VMware Knowledge Base article listed in the 'Workarounds' column the 'Response Matrix' found below.

Additional Documentation

None.

Notes

None.

Acknowledgements

VMware would like to thank Tomáš Melicher and Lukáš Václavík of Citadelo for reporting this issue to us.

Response Matrix

Product Version Running On CVE Identifier CVSSv3 Severity Fixed Version Workarounds Additional Documentation
VMware Cloud Director
10.1.0
Linux, PhotonOS appliance
CVE-2020-3956
N/A
N/A
Unaffected
N/A
N/A
VMware Cloud Director
10.0.x
Linux, PhotonOS appliance
CVE-2020-3956
None
VMware Cloud Director
9.7.x
Linux, PhotonOS appliance
CVE-2020-3956
None
VMware Cloud Director
9.5.x
Linux, PhotonOS appliance
CVE-2020-3956
9.5.0.6
None
VMware Cloud Director
9.1.x
Linux
CVE-2020-3956
9.1.0.4
None
VMware Cloud Director
9.0.x
Linux
CVE-2020-3956
N/A
N/A
Unaffected
N/A
N/A
VMware Cloud Director
8.x
Linux
CVE-2020-3956
N/A
N/A
Unaffected
N/A
N/A
4. References
5. Change Log

2020-05-19 VMSA-2020-0010

Initial security advisory.

6. Contact

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