#VU11121 Denial of service in VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion - CVE-2018-6957

Vulnerability identifier: #VU11121

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6957

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
VMware Workstation
VMware Fusion

Software vendor:
VMware, Inc

The 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.

• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0008.html