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VMware Security Advisory 2016-0017

VMware Security Advisory 2016-0017
Posted Oct 26, 2016
Authored by VMware | Site vmware.com

VMware Security Advisory 2016-0017 - VMware product updates address information disclosure issues in VMware Fusion and VMware Tools running on Mac OS X.

tags | advisory, info disclosure
systems | apple, osx
advisories | CVE-2016-5328, CVE-2016-5329
SHA-256 | 82f0e1af00fb6e2af214a5e6c766e4e7e88cf51a23089d7017258dbcdc5e27c0

VMware Security Advisory 2016-0017

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VMware Security Advisory

Advisory ID: VMSA-2016-0017
Severity: Moderate
Synopsis: VMware product updates address multiple information
disclosure issues
Issue date: 2016-10-25
Updated on: 2016-10-25 (Initial Advisory)
CVE number: CVE-2016-5328, CVE-2016-5329

1. Summary

VMware product updates address information disclosure issues in
VMware Fusion and VMware Tools running on Mac OS X.

2. Relevant Products

VMware Fusion
VMware Tools

3. Problem Description

a. VMware Tools Information disclosure issue in Mac OS X Virtual Machines

An information disclosure vulnerability is present in VMware Tools
running on Mac OS X VMs. Successful exploitation of this issue may
allow a privileged local user on a system where System Integrity Protection
(SIP) is enabled, to obtain kernel memory addresses to bypass the kASLR
protection mechanism. SIP is default enabled in the latest versions of Mac
OS X.

There are no known workarounds for this issue.

VMware would like to thank Marco Grassi (@marcograss) of KeenLab
(@keen_lab), Tencent for reporting this issue to us.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
assigned
the identifier CVE-2016-5328 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 Running Replace with/
Product Version on Severity Apply Patch**
Workaround
============ ======= ======= ======== =============
==========
VMware Tools 9.x,10.x Window N/A not affected
None
VMware Tools 9.x,10.x Linux N/A not affected
None
VMware Tools 9.x,10.x Mac OS X Moderate 10.1.0*
None

* VMware Tools 10.1.0 can be downloaded independently and installed to
resolve this issue.

** At the moment, no versions of ESXi and Fusion consume the latest
version of VMware Tools i.e. 10.1.0. Remediation of this issue on
ESXi and Fusion requires downloading and installation of VMware Tools
10.1.0.

b. VMware Fusion Information disclosure

An information disclosure vulnerability is present in VMware Fusion.
Successful exploitation of this issue may allow a privileged local user
on a system where System Integrity Protection (SIP) is enabled, to obtain
kernel memory addresses to bypass the kASLR protection mechanism. SIP is
default enabled in the latest versions of Mac OS X.

There are no known workarounds for this issue.

VMware would like to thank Marco Grassi (@marcograss) of KeenLab
(@keen_lab), Tencent for reporting this issue to us.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
assigned the identifier CVE-2016-5329 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 Running Replace with/
Product Version on Severity Apply Patch
Workaround
=============== ======= ======= ======== =============
==========
VMware Fusion 8.x Mac OS X Moderate 8.5
None

4. Solution

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

VMware Fusion 8.5
- - -----------------------------
Downloads and Documentation:
https://www.vmware.com/go/downloadfusion

VMware Tools 10.1.0
- - ------------------------------
Downloads:
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=VMTOOLS1010&productI
d=491
Documentation:
http://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/vmwaretools/1010/vmware-tools-1010-
release-notes.html


5. References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5328
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5329

6. Change log

2016-10-25 VMSA-2016-0017 Initial security advisory in conjunction with
the release of VMware Tools 10.1.0 on 2016-10-25.

7. Contact

E-mail list for product security notifications and announcements:
http://lists.vmware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/security-announce

This Security Advisory is posted to the following lists:
security-announce@lists.vmware.com
bugtraq@securityfocus.com
fulldisclosure@seclists.org

E-mail: security@vmware.com
PGP key at: https://kb.vmware.com/kb/1055

VMware Security Advisories
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories

Consolidated list of VMware Security Advisories
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2078735

VMware Security Response Policy
https://www.vmware.com/support/policies/security_response.html

VMware Lifecycle Support Phases
https://www.vmware.com/support/policies/lifecycle.html

Twitter
https://twitter.com/VMwareSRC


Copyright 2016 VMware Inc. All rights reserved.

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