VMware Workstation 12.x < 12.5.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2017-0008)

high Nessus Plugin ID 99590

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Synopsis

A virtualization application installed on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of VMware Workstation installed on the remote Windows host is 12.x prior to 12.5.3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- A heap buffer overflow condition exists in the Cortado ThinPrint component, specifically within TPView.dll, due to improper validation of certain input when parsing JPEG2000 files. An attacker on the guest can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution or arbitrary code on the host system.
(CVE-2017-4908)

- A heap buffer overflow condition exists in the Cortado ThinPrint component, specifically within TPView.dll, due to improper validation of certain input when parsing TrueType Fonts. An attacker on the guest can exploit this to cause a denial of service condition or the execution or arbitrary code on the host system.
(CVE-2017-4909)

- Out-of-bounds read and write errors exist in the Cortado ThinPrint component, specifically within TPView.dll, due to improper validation of certain input when parsing JPEG2000 files. An attacker on the guest can exploit these to corrupt memory, resulting in a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code on the host system. (CVE-2017-4910, CVE-2017-4911)

- Out-of-bounds read and write errors exist in the Cortado ThinPrint component, specifically within TPView.dll, due to improper validation of certain input when parsing TrueType Fonts. An attacker on the guest can exploit these to corrupt memory, resulting in a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code on the host system. (CVE-2017-4912)

- An integer overflow condition exists in the Cortado ThinPrint component, specifically within TPView.dll, due to improper validation of certain input when parsing TrueType Fonts. An attacker on the guest can exploit this to corrupt memory, resulting in a denial of service condition or the execution of arbitrary code on the host system. (CVE-2017-4913)

The above vulnerabilities can be exploited only if virtual printing has been enabled. This feature is not enabled by default on VMware Workstation.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to VMware Workstation version 12.5.3 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 99590

File Name: vmware_workstation_win_vmsa_2017_0008.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 4/21/2017

Updated: 3/15/2023

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-4908

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vmware:workstation

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/VMware Workstation

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/18/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-4908, CVE-2017-4909, CVE-2017-4910, CVE-2017-4911, CVE-2017-4912, CVE-2017-4913

BID: 97911, 97912, 97913, 97916, 97920, 97921

VMSA: 2017-0008

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