VMware Fusion 10.x < 10.1.1 Denial of Service Vulnerability (VMSA-2018-0008) (macOS)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 118981

Language:

Synopsis

A virtualisation application installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The version of VMware Fusion installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is 10.x prior to 10.1.1. It is, therefore, affected by a denial of service vulnerability which can be triggered by opening a large number of VNC sessions. In order for exploitation to be possible, VNC feature must be manually enabled.

Solution

Upgrade to VMware Fusion version 10.1.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 118981

File Name: macosx_fusion_vmsa_2018_0008.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 11/16/2018

Updated: 11/1/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-6957

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vmware:fusion

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, installed_sw/VMware Fusion

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/15/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/15/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-6957

BID: 103431

VMSA: 2018-0008

Detections

Analytics