VMware Horizon Out-of-Bounds Memory Read Error in Message Framework Lets Local Users View Portions of System Memory on the Target System
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1041430 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1041430
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2018-6970
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Aug 7 2018
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Impact:
Disclosure of system information
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 6, 7; Horizon Client for Windows
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in VMware Horizon. A local user can obtain potentially sensitive information from system memory.
A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds memory read error in the Message Framework library to obtain potentially sensitive information from a privileged process running on the target system.
The Horizon Connection Server, Horizon Agent, and Horizon Client are affected.
Horizon Agents on Linux-based systems and Horizon Clients on non-Windows systems are not affected.
Steven Seeley (mr_me) of Source Incite (via Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative) reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A local user can obtain potentially sensitive information from system memory on the target system.
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Solution:
VMware has issued a fix (6.2.7, 7.5.1; Horizon Client 4.8.1).
The VMware advisory is available at:
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0019.html
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Vendor URL: www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0019.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error
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Underlying OS: Windows (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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