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VMware Fusion 8.x < 8.5.4 DoS Vulnerability (VMSA-2017-0015) (macOS)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 103373

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Synopsis

A virtualization 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 8.x prior to 8.5.4. It is, therefore, affected by a NULL pointer dereference error related to handling RPC requests that allows an attacker to crash a virtual machine.

Solution

Upgrade to VMware Fusion version 8.5.4 or later.

See Also

https://www.vmware.com/in/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0015.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 103373

File Name: macosx_fusion_vmsa_2017_0015__8_5_4.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 9/21/2017

Updated: 11/12/2019

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-4925

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/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, Settings/ParanoidReport

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/15/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-4925

BID: 100842

VMSA: 2017-0015