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VMware Workstation 14.x < 14.1.6 / 15.x < 15.0.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2019-0006)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 124298

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Synopsis

A virtualization application installed on the remote Windows host is affected by an uninitialized stack memory usage vulnerability.

Description

The version of VMware Workstation installed on the remote host is 14.x prior to 14.1.6 or 15.x prior to 15.0.3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

 - An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the vertex shader component of the 3D-acceleration feature could allow an authenticated attacker to disclose sensitive information or cause a denial-of-service of the guest virtual machine. (CVE-2019-5516)

 - An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the shader translator component of the 3D-acceleration feature could allow an authenticated attacker to disclose sensitive information or cause a denial-of-service of the guest virtual machine. (CVE-2019-5517)

 - An out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the 3D-acceleration feature could allow an authenticated attacker to disclose sensitive information.
 (CVE-2019-5520)

Note virtual machines must be configured with the 3D-acceleration enabled. VMware Workstation defaults to this feature being enabled.

Solution

Upgrade to VMware Workstation version 14.1.6, 15.0.3, or later.

See Also

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0006.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 124298

File Name: vmware_workstation_vmsa_2019_0006.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: General

Published: 4/25/2019

Updated: 9/21/2020

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-5516

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vmware:workstation

Required KB Items: installed_sw/VMware Workstation

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/11/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/11/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-5516, CVE-2019-5517, CVE-2019-5520

BID: 107878, 107879, 107880

IAVA: 2019-A-0134

VMSA: 2019-0006