VMware Security Advisory 2018-0017 - VMware Tools update addresses an out-of-bounds read vulnerability.
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VMware Security Advisory
Advisory ID: VMSA-2018-0017
Severity: Important
Synopsis: VMware Tools update addresses an out-of-bounds read
vulnerability
Issue date: 2018-07-12
Updated on: 2018-07-12 (Initial Advisory)
CVE number: CVE-2018-6969
1. Summary
VMware Tools update addresses an out-of-bounds read vulnerability
2. Relevant Releases
VMware Tools
3. Problem Description
VMware Tools HGFS out-of-bounds read vulnerability
VMware Tools contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in HGFS.
Successful exploitation of this issue may lead to information
disclosure or may allow attackers to escalate their privileges on
guest VMs.
Note: In order to be able to exploit this issue, file sharing must
be enabled.
VMware would like to thank Anurudh for reporting this issue to us.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
assigned the identifier CVE-2018-6969 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/ Mitigation/
Product Version on Severity Apply patch Workaround
=========== ============ ======= ======== ============= ==========
VMware Tools 10.x & prior Windows Important 10.3.0* None
* VMware Tools must be updated to 10.3.0 for each Windows VM to resolve
CVE-2018-6969.
4. Solution
Please review the patch/release notes for your product and
version and verify the checksum of your downloaded file.
VMware Tools 10.3.0
Downloads and Documentation:
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=
VMTOOLS1030&productId=491
5. References
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6969
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6. Change log
2018-07-12 VMSA-2018-0017
Initial security advisory in conjunction with the release of VMware
Tools 10.3.0 on 2018-07-12
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