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VMware Workstation 15.x < 15.5.7 DoS (VMSA-2020-0029)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 144852

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Synopsis

A virtualization application installed on the remote host is affected by a DoS vulnerability

Description

The version of VMware Workstation installed on the remote host is 15.x prior to 15.5.7. It is, therefore, affected by a DoS vulnerability due to improper input validation in GuestInfo. A malicious actor with normal user privilege access to a virtual machine can crash the virtual machine's vmx process leading to a denial of service condition.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update to VMware Workstation version 15.5.7, 16, or later.

See Also

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0029.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 144852

File Name: vmware_workstation_vmsa_2020_0029.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: General

Published: 1/11/2021

Updated: 1/12/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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-2020-3999

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/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: 12/17/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/17/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-3999

IAVA: 2021-A-0007

VMSA: 2020-0029