VMware Workstation 16.x < 16.2.2 DoS (VMSA-2022-0002)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 157130

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Synopsis

A virtualization application installed on the remote Windows host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The version of VMware Workstation installed on the remote host is 16.x prior to 16.2.2. It is, therefore, affected by a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in the Cortado ThinPrint component's TrueType font parser. A local attacker can exploit this in order to cause the ThinPrint service to stop responding.

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

Solution

Update to VMware Workstation 16.2.2 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 157130

File Name: vmware_workstation_vmsa_2022_0002.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 1/26/2022

Updated: 2/8/2022

Supported Sensors: 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-2022-22938

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: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/VMware Workstation

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/18/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/18/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-22938

IAVA: 2022-A-0043

VMSA: 2020-0020

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