Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU33000

Input validation error in VMware Tanzu GemFire for VMs and VMware GemFire - CVE-2019-11286

Published: August 3, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU33000

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-2019-11286

CWE-ID: CWE-20

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 exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the JMX service. A remote authenticated attacker can request against the service with a crafted set of credentials and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Affected software

VMware Tanzu GemFire for VMs
VMware GemFire

How to mitigate CVE-2019-11286

Install updates from vendor's website.

VMware Tanzu GemFire for VMs - addressed in versions 1.8.2, 1.9.2, 1.10.1, 1.11.0
VMware GemFire - addressed in versions 9.7.5, 9.8.5, 9.9.1

External References

https://tanzu.vmware.com/security/cve-2019-11286

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