SB2018031602 - Denial of service in VMware Workstation and Fusion
Published: March 16, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018031602
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6957)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists on the VNC manually enabled systems due to unspecified error. A remote attacker can open a large number of VNC sessions to cause unspecified denial of service conditions.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.