PT-2020-4397 · Vmware · Vmware Fusion+2
Reno Robert
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Published
2020-10-15
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Updated
2020-10-30
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CVE-2020-3982
CVSS v3.1
7.7
High
| Vector | AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions:
VMware ESXi versions 7.0 before ESXi 7.0.1-0.0.16850804
VMware ESXi versions 6.7 before ESXi670-202008101-SG
VMware ESXi versions 6.5 before ESXi650-202007101-SG
VMware Workstation versions 15.x
VMware Fusion versions 11.x before 11.5.6
Description:
The issue is related to an out-of-bounds write vulnerability due to a time-of-check time-of-use problem in the ACPI device. This could allow a malicious actor with administrative access to a virtual machine to crash the virtual machine's vmx process or corrupt the hypervisor's memory heap. The vulnerability is associated with a buffer overflow, which may impact the integrity of protected information.
Recommendations:
For VMware ESXi versions 7.0 before ESXi 7.0.1-0.0.16850804, update to ESXi 7.0.1-0.0.16850804 or later.
For VMware ESXi versions 6.7 before ESXi670-202008101-SG, apply the ESXi670-202008101-SG patch or later.
For VMware ESXi versions 6.5 before ESXi650-202007101-SG, apply the ESXi650-202007101-SG patch or later.
For VMware Workstation versions 15.x, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
For VMware Fusion versions 11.x before 11.5.6, update to version 11.5.6 or later.
Time Of Check To Time Of Use
Memory Corruption
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Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Vmware Esxi
Vmware Fusion
Vmware Workstation