a. VMware ESXi, Workstation, Player, and Fusion host privilege    escalation vulnerability

   VMware ESXi, Workstation, Player and Fusion contain an arbitrary    file write issue. Exploitation this issue may allow for privilege    escalation on the host.

   The vulnerability does not allow for privilege escalation from    the guest Operating System to the host or vice-versa. This means    that host memory can not be manipulated from the Guest Operating    System.

   Mitigation

   For ESXi to be affected, permissions must have been added to ESXi    (or a vCenter Server managing it) for a virtual machine    administrator role or greater.

   VMware would like to thank Shanon Olsson for reporting this issue to    us through JPCERT.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the identifier CVE-2014-8370 to this issue.

b. VMware Workstation, Player, and Fusion Denial of Service    vulnerability

   VMware Workstation, Player, and Fusion contain an input    validation issue in the Host Guest File System (HGFS).
   This issue may allow for a Denial of Service of the Guest    Operating system.

   VMware would like to thank Peter Kamensky from Digital    Security for reporting this issue to us.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the identifier CVE-2015-1043 to this issue.

c. VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Player Denial of Service    vulnerability

   VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Player contain an input    validation issue in VMware Authorization process (vmware-authd).
   This issue may allow for a Denial of Service of the host. On    VMware ESXi and on Workstation running on Linux the Denial of    Service would be partial.

   VMware would like to thank Dmitry Yudin @ret5et for reporting    this issue to us through HP's Zero Day Initiative.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the identifier CVE-2015-1044 to this issue.

d. Update to VMware vCenter Server and ESXi for OpenSSL 1.0.1    and 0.9.8 package

   The OpenSSL library is updated to version 1.0.1j or 0.9.8zc    to resolve multiple security issues.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the names CVE-2014-3513, CVE-2014-3567,    CVE-2014-3566 (&igrave;POODLE&icirc;) and CVE-2014-3568 to these issues.

e. Update to ESXi libxml2 package

   The libxml2 library is updated to version libxml2-2.7.6-17    to resolve a security issue.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the name CVE-2014-3660 to this issue.

Detections

Analytics

VMSA-2015-0001 : VMware vCenter Server, ESXi, Workstation, Player, and Fusion updates address security issues (POODLE)

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