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VMware Fusion: Vulnerability (VMSA-2017-0006) (CVE-2017-4904)

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VMware Fusion: Vulnerability (VMSA-2017-0006) (CVE-2017-4904)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/29/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/29/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

The XHCI controller in VMware ESXi 6.5 without patch ESXi650-201703410-SG, 6.0 U3 without patch ESXi600-201703401-SG, 6.0 U2 without patch ESXi600-201703403-SG, 6.0 U1 without patch ESXi600-201703402-SG, and 5.5 without patch ESXi550-201703401-SG; Workstation Pro / Player 12.x prior to 12.5.5; and Fusion Pro / Fusion 8.x prior to 8.5.6 has uninitialized memory usage. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host. The issue is reduced to a Denial of Service of the guest on ESXi 5.5.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-fusion-upgrade-8_5_6

References

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