VMware Security Advisory 2018-0026 - VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion updates address an out-of- bounds read vulnerability.
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VMware Security Advisory
Advisory ID: VMSA-2018-0026
Severity: Critical
Synopsis: VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion updates address an
out-of-bounds read vulnerability
Issue date: 2018-10-16
Updated on: 2018-10-16 (Initial Advisory)
CVE number: CVE-2018-6974
1. Summary
VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion updates address an out-of-
bounds read vulnerability
2. Relevant Products
VMware vSphere ESXi (ESXi)
VMware Fusion Pro / Fusion (Fusion)
VMware Workstation Pro / Player (Workstation)
3. Problem Description
Out-of-bounds read vulnerability in SVGA Device
VMware ESXi, Fusion and Workstation contain an out-of-bounds read
vulnerability in SVGA device. This issue may allow a guest to
execute code on the host.
VMware would like to thank Anonymous working with Trend Micro's Zero
Day Initiative for reporting this issue to us.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
assigned the identifier CVE-2018-6974 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
========== ======= ====== ======== ============= ========== ESXi 6.7 ESXi Critical ESXi670-201810101-SG None
ESXi 6.5 ESXi Critical ESXi650-201808401-BG None
ESXi 6.0 ESXi Critical ESXi600-201808401-BG None
ESXi 5.5 ESXi not affected n/a n/a
Workstation 15.x Any not affected n/a n/a
Workstation 14.x Any Critical 14.1.3 None
Fusion 11.x OS X not affected n/a n/a
Fusion 10.x OS X Critical 10.1.3 None
4. Solution
Please review the patch/release notes for your product and
version and verify the checksum of your downloaded file.
ESXi 6.7
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Downloads:
https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/patch
Documentation:
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/rn/vsphere-esxi-671-release-n
otes.html
ESXi 6.5
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Downloads:
https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/patch
Documentation:
https://kb.vmware.com/kb/56547
ESXi 6.0
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Downloads:
https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/patch
Documentation:
https://kb.vmware.com/kb/56552
VMware Workstation Pro 14.1.3
Downloads and Documentation:
https://www.vmware.com/go/downloadworkstation
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/index.html
VMware Workstation Player 14.1.3
Downloads and Documentation:
https://www.vmware.com/go/downloadplayer
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Player/index.html
VMware Fusion Pro / Fusion 10.1.3
Downloads and Documentation:
https://www.vmware.com/go/downloadfusion
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Fusion/index.html
5. References
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6974
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6. Change log
VMSA-2018-0026 2018-10-16
Initial security advisory in conjunction with the release of ESXi 6.7
patch on 2018-10-16
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7. Contact
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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
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