SB2020062517 - Information disclosure in VMware ESXi, Fusion, Workstation and Cloud Foundation
Published: June 25, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020062517
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-3971)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain access to sensitive information on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the vmxnet3 virtual network adapter. A local attacker can pass specially crafted data to the applicatoin, trigger heap-based buffer overflow and read privileged information contained in hypervisor memory from a virtual machine.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.