VMSA-2019-0014 : Use-after-free vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 129161

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Synopsis

The remote VMware ESXi host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

ESXi use-after-free vulnerability - CVE-2019-5527

ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, VMRC and Horizon Client contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the virtual sound device.

A local attacker with non-administrative access on the guest machine may exploit this issue to execute code on the host. This issue can only be exploited if a valid sound back-end is not connected.

Solution

Apply the missing patches.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 129161

File Name: vmware_VMSA-2019-0014.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Family: VMware ESX Local Security Checks

Published: 9/23/2019

Updated: 4/24/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-5527

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/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:/o:vmware:esxi:6.0, cpe:/o:vmware:esxi:6.5, cpe:/o:vmware:esxi:6.7

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/VMware/release, Host/VMware/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/19/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-5527

VMSA: 2019-0014

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