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VMware Player: Vulnerability (VMSA-2023-0008) (CVE-2023-20869)

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VMware Player: Vulnerability (VMSA-2023-0008) (CVE-2023-20869)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/05/2023
Created
05/10/2023
Added
05/05/2023
Modified
07/07/2023

Description

VMware Workstation (17.x) and VMware Fusion (13.x) contain a stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability that exists in the functionality for sharing host Bluetooth devices with the virtual machine.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-player-upgrade-17_0_2

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