VMware product updates address OpenSSL security vulnerabilities

a. Information Disclosure vulnerability in OpenSSL third party library

The OpenSSL library is updated to version openssl-1.0.1g to resolve multiple security issues

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2014-0076 and CVE-2014-0160 to these issues.

CVE-2014-0160 is known as the Heartbleed issue. More information on this issue may be found in the reference section.

To remediate the issue for products that have updated versions or patches available, perform these steps:

• Deploy the VMware product update or product patches
• Replace certificates per the product-specific documentation
• Reset passwords per the product-specific documentation

Section 4 lists product-specific references to installation instructions and certificate management documentation.

Column 4 of the following table lists the action required to remediate the vulnerability in each release, if a solution is available.

Note: Products that are not affected by thses issues have been documented in VMware Knowledge Base article 2076225.