SB2023042038 - Multiple vulnerabilities in VMware Aria Operations for Logs

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20864)

CWE-ID: CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data

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

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data within the InternalClusterController class. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code as root on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

2) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20865)

CWE-ID: CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

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

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation. A remote privileged user can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0007.html
• https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/91831
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-482/