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A vulnerability was found in VMware ESXi, Workstation and Fusion (Virtualization Software) (affected version not known). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The bug was discovered 06/28/2018. The weakness was disclosed 06/28/2018 by Cisco with Cisco Talos as VMSA-2018-0016 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is available at vmware.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-6965 since 02/14/2018. Local access is required to approach this attack. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 110902 (VMSA-2018-0016 : VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion updates address multiple out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family VMware ESX Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 216156 (VMware ESXi 6.7 Patch Release ESXi670-201806401-BG Missing (KB 55920)(VMSA-2018-0016)).
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (110902). The entries 120123 and 120124 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Out-of-boundsCWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 110902
Nessus Name: VMSA-2018-0016 : VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion updates address multiple out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities
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Timeline
02/14/2018 🔍06/28/2018 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: vmware.comAdvisory: VMSA-2018-0016
Researcher: Cisco
Organization: Cisco Talos
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-6965 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1041208
SecurityFocus: 104709 - VMware ESXi/Workstation/Fusion Multiple Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413
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Entry
Created: 07/01/2018 11:03Updated: 03/29/2023 14:33
Changes: 07/01/2018 11:03 (75), 02/23/2020 14:59 (6), 03/29/2023 14:33 (4)
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