VMware Workstation 15.0.x < 15.5.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2019-0020, VMSA-2019-0021)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 131129

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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 15.0.x prior to 15.5.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

- An unspecified information disclosure vulnerability in vmnetdhcp. (CVE-2019-5540)

- An unspecified out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the e1000e virtual network adapter. (CVE-2019-5541)

- An unspecified denial-of-service vulnerability in the RPC handler. (CVE-2019-5542)

- Unspecified vulnerabilities related to hypervisor-specific mitigations for TSX Asynchronous Abort (TAA).
(CVE-2019-11135)

Solution

Update to VMware Workstation version 15.5.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 131129

File Name: vmware_workstation_vmsa_2019_0021.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 11/20/2019

Updated: 3/20/2020

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-5541

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/VMware Workstation

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/12/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11135, CVE-2019-5540, CVE-2019-5541, CVE-2019-5542

VMSA: 2019-0020, 2019-0021

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