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VMware Fusion: Vulnerability (VMSA-2017-0006) (CVE-2017-4905)

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VMware Fusion: Vulnerability (VMSA-2017-0006) (CVE-2017-4905)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
03/29/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/29/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

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, 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 have uninitialized memory usage. This issue may lead to an information leak.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-fusion-upgrade-8_5_6

References

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