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VMware Workstation: Vulnerability (VMSA-2019-0005) (CVE-2019-5519)

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VMware Workstation: Vulnerability (VMSA-2019-0005) (CVE-2019-5519)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/29/2019
Created
04/22/2019
Added
03/29/2019
Modified
05/27/2019

Description

VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201903001, 6.5 before ESXi650-201903001, 6.0 before ESXi600-201903001), Workstation (15.x before 15.0.4, 14.x before 14.1.7), Fusion (11.x before 11.0.3, 10.x before 10.1.6) contain a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) vulnerability in the virtual USB 1.1 UHCI (Universal Host Controller Interface). Exploitation of this issue requires an attacker to have access to a virtual machine with a virtual USB controller present. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-workstation-upgrade-14_1_7
  • vmware-workstation-upgrade-15_0_4

References

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