Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | - VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion updates address uninitialized stack memory usage |
| Informations | |||
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| Name | VMSA-2018-0027 | First vendor Publication | 2018-11-09 |
| Vendor | VMware | Last vendor Modification | 2018-11-09 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 7.2 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 3.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| a. vmxnet3 uninitialized stack memory usage VMware ESXi, Fusion and Workstation contain uninitialized stack memory usage in the vmxnet3 virtual network adapter. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host. The issue is present if vmxnet3 is enabled. Non vmxnet3 virtual adapters are not affected by this issue. VMware would like to thank the organizers of GeekPwn2018 and security researcher Zhangyanyu of Chaitin Tech for reporting this issue to us. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the identifier CVE-2018-6981 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. b. vmxnet3 uninitialized stack memory usage VMware ESXi, Fusion and Workstation contain uninitialized stack memory usage in the vmxnet3 virtual network adapter. This issue may lead to an information leak from host to guest. The issue is present if vmxnet3 is enabled. Non vmxnet3 virtual adapters are not affected by this issue. VMware would like to thank the organizers of GeekPwn2018 and security researcher Zhangyanyu of Chaitin Tech for reporting this issue to us. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the identifier CVE-2018-6982 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. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0027.html |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2018-11-12 | Name : A virtualization application installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host i... File : macosx_fusion_vmsa_2018_0027.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2019-02-05 21:21:51 |
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| 2018-12-04 17:21:54 |
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| 2018-11-09 17:18:49 |
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