Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU32997

Configuration in VMware Tanzu GemFire for VMs and VMware GemFire - CVE-2020-5396

Published: August 3, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU32997

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-5396

CWE-ID: CWE-16

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exixts due to a JMX service contains an insecure default configuration. A remote authenticated attacker can create an MLet mbean and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Affected software

VMware Tanzu GemFire for VMs
VMware GemFire

How to mitigate CVE-2020-5396

Install updates from vendor's website.

VMware Tanzu GemFire for VMs - addressed in versions 1.10.2, 1.11.1
VMware GemFire - addressed in versions 9.7.6, 9.8.7, 9.9.2

External References

https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2020-5396

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