Risk | Low |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2018-6957 |
CWE-ID | CWE-264 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
VMware Workstation Client/Desktop applications / Virtualization software VMware Fusion Client/Desktop applications / Virtualization software |
Vendor | VMware, Inc |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU11121
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1:
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6957
CWE-ID:
CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe 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.
Update VMware Fusion to version 10.1.1.
Update VMware Workstation to version 14.1.1.
VMware Workstation: 14.0 - 14.1
VMware Fusion: 10.0 - 10.1.0
CPE2.3 External linkshttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0008.html
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