SB2020093080 - Information disclosure in several VMware Products

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SB2020093080 - Information disclosure in several VMware Products

Published: September 30, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020093080
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Expired pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-8231)

CWE-ID: CWE-825 - Expired pointer dereference

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows an attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to expired pointer dereference error for CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY connections that may lead to information disclosure. If the application is using the CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY option to check if the website is accessible, an attacker might abuse this feature and force the application to re-use expired connection and send data intended to another connection to attacker controlled server.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References