VMSA-2019-0013 : Command injection and information disclosure vulnerabilities

a. VMware ESXi busybox command injection vulnerability ESXi contains a command injection vulnerability due to the use of vulnerable version of busybox that does not sanitize filenames which may result into executing any escape sequence in the shell. An attacker may exploit this issue by tricking ...

VMware Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products

VMware has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in ESXi and vCenter. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA encourages users and administrators to review VMware Securi...

VMSA-2019-0014:VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, VMRC and Horizon Client updates address use-after-free and denial of service vulnerabilities.

VMware Security Advisories Advisory ID| VMSA-2019-0014.1 ---|--- Advisory Severity| Important CVSSv3 Range| 4.7-8.5 Synopsis| VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, VMRC and Horizon Client updates address use-after-free and denial of service vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-5527, CVE-2019-5535 Issue Date|...

VMware ESXi and vCenter Server updates address command injection and information disclosure vulnerabilities. (CVE-2017-16544, CVE-2019-5531, CVE-2019-5532, CVE-2019-5534)

3a. VMware ESXi 'busybox' command injection vulnerability- CVE-2017-16544 ESXi contains a command injection vulnerability due to the use of vulnerable version of busybox that does not sanitize filenames which may result into executing any escape sequence in the shell. VMware has evaluated the...

VMSA-2019-0013:VMware ESXi and vCenter Server updates address command injection and information disclosure vulnerabilities.

VMware Security Advisories Advisory ID| VMSA-2019-0013.1 ---|--- Advisory Severity| Important CVSSv3 Range| 4.2-7.7 Synopsis| VMware ESXi and vCenter Server updates address command injection and information disclosure vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-16544, CVE-2019-5531, CVE-2019-5532, CVE-2019-5534...

The vulnerability of the hostd supervisor service in VMware ESXi allows a hacker to cause a partial service failure.

The vulnerability of the VMware ESXi hypervisor’s host service exists due to errors in system call filtering. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a malicious actor to cause partial service failure remotely...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for...

The vulnerability of VMware ESXi, VMware Fusion, and Vmware Workstation virtualization platforms arises from reading data beyond the buffer in memory. This allows attackers to exploit the protected information or cause system failures.

The vulnerability of VMware ESXi, VMware Fusion, and Vmware Workstation virtualization platforms is related to reading data beyond the buffer in memory. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a malicious actor to disclose sensitive information or cause system failures...

Processing configuration Error: The operation is not allowed in the current state. (The VM is in invalid state.)

Article Applicability This article's core error message, "The operation is not allowed in the current state. " may occur during other stages of a replication job or for different job types. This article, KB3000, is specific to when the error occurs during the Processing configuration stage of a...

ESXi 6.5 / 6.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2019-0012)

The remote VMware ESXi host is version 6.5 or 6.7 and is affected by multiple vulnerabilities. Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include'compat.inc'; if description...

Qualys Cloud Platform (VM, PC) 8.21 New Features

This new release of the Qualys Cloud Platform VM, PC, version 8.21, adds new technologies and platforms, and support for scanning ESXi hosts on vCenter for vulnerabilities. Feature Highlights Qualys Vulnerability Management VM Support for Scanning ESXi Hosts on vCenter for Vulnerabilities – Qualy...

VMSA-2019-0012:VMware ESXi, Workstation and Fusion updates address out-of-bounds read/write vulnerabilities

VMware Security Advisories Advisory ID| VMSA-2019-0012 ---|--- Advisory Severity| Important CVSSv3 Range| 6.3-8.5 Synopsis| VMware ESXi, Workstation and Fusion updates address out-of-bounds read/write vulnerabilities CVE-2019-5521, CVE-2019-5684 Issue Date| 2019-08-02 Updated On| 2019-08-02 Initi...

VMSA-2019-0011 : ESXi patches address partial denial of service vulnerability in hostd process

Multiple failed login attempts to ESXi may cause the hostd service to become unresponsive resulting in a partial denial of service for management functionality. A malicious actor with network access to an ESXi host could create a partial denial of service condition in management functionality...

CVE-2019-5528

VMware ESXi 6.5 suffers from partial denial of service vulnerability in hostd process. Patch ESXi650-201907201-UG for this issue is available...

Denial of service

VMware ESXi 6.5 suffers from partial denial of service vulnerability in hostd process. Patch ESXi650-201907201-UG for this issue is available...

CVE-2019-5528

VMware ESXi 6.5 suffers from partial denial of service vulnerability in hostd process. Patch ESXi650-201907201-UG for this issue is available...

CVE-2019-5528

CVE-2019-5528 affects VMware ESXi 6.5 (and related) via a partial denial-of-service in the hostd process. The root cause is triggered by multiple failed login attempts over the network, which can make hostd unresponsive and potentially disconnect the host from vCenter. VMware publishes fixes: ESX...

ESXi patches address partial denial of service vulnerability in hostd process (CVE-2019-5528)

3. Partial denial of service vulnerability in ESXi hostd process CVE-2019-5528 A malicious actor with network access to an ESXi host could create a partial denial of service condition in management functionality. Successful exploitation of this issue may cause hostd to become unresponsive...

VMSA-2019-0011:ESXi patches address partial denial of service vulnerability in hostd process

VMware Security Advisories Advisory ID| VMSA-2019-0011.1 ---|--- Advisory Severity| Moderate CVSSv3 Range| 5.3 Synopsis| ESXi patches address partial denial of service vulnerability in hostd process CVE-2019-5528 Issue Date| 2019-07-09 Updated On| 2019-09-03 CVEs| CVE-2019-5528 1. Impacted...

The vulnerability in the implementation of 3D-acceleration functions for hypervisors such as VMware ESXi, VMware Fusion, and Vmware Workstation allows attackers to exploit it to disclose sensitive information or cause system failures during maintenance.

The vulnerability of the 3D-acceleration function implementation in VMware ESXi, VMware Fusion, and Vmware Workstation relates to reading data beyond the buffer boundaries in memory. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a malicious actor to disclose sensitive information or cause system failur...