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Advisory-SVG-CVE-2017-4924
Title: EGI SVG 'ALERT' [TLP:WHITE] VMware Out-of-bounds write vulnerability in SVGA CVE-2017-4924 [EGI-SVG-CVE-2017-4924] Date: 2017-10-05 Updated: Affected software and risk ========================== Out of bounds write vulnerability concerning VMware. Package : VMware CVE ID : CVE-2017-4924 Bug ID : An out-of-bounds write vulnerability has been reported in SVGA in VMware and updated have been released. Exploitation could allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system. [R 1] [R 2] As far as EGI SVG is aware, these vulnerabilities do not present a serious risk to EGI as a whole. If any site becomes aware that there is a serious problem concerning VMware, please inform us. Actions required/recommended ============================ Sites running VMware are recommended to update relevant components if they have not done so already. If any site is aware that any of these or other vulnerabilities in VMware presents a serious problem to EGI, please inform the EGI SVG. Affected software details ========================= Sites running VMware should see [R 1] More information ================ See [R 1] [R 2] Component installation information ================================== See [R 1] TLP and URL =========== ** WHITE information - Unlimited distribution - see https://wiki.egi.eu/wiki/EGI_CSIRT:TLP for distribution restrictions*** URL: https://wiki.egi.eu/wiki/SVG:Advisory-SVG-CVE-2017-4924 Minor updates may be made without re-distribution to the sites Comments ======== Comments or questions should be sent to svg-rat at mailman.egi.eu If you find or become aware of another vulnerability which is relevant to EGI you may report it by e-mail to report-vulnerability at egi.eu the EGI Software Vulnerability Group will take a look according to the procedure defined in [R 3] References ========== [R 1] https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0015.html [R 2] https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-4924 [R 3] https://documents.egi.eu/public/ShowDocument?docid=2538 Credit ====== SVG was alerted to this vulnerability by Mischa Salle. Timeline ======== Yyyy-mm-dd [EGI-SVG-2017-CVE-2017-4924] 2017-09-21 SVG alerted to this issue by Mischa Salle 2017-09-25 SVG discussed, didn't think its serious for EGI. 2017-09-28 Alert drafted. 2017-10-05 Alert sent to sites 2017-10-10 Alert placed on wiki Context ======= This advisory has been prepared as part of the effort to fulfil EGI SVG's purpose "To minimize the risk to the EGI infrastructure arising from software vulnerabilities" The risk is that assessed by the group, according to the EGI SVG issue handling procedure [R 3] in the context of how the software is used in the EGI infrastructure. It is the opinion of the group, we do not guarantee it to be correct. The risk may also be higher or lower in other deployments depending on how the software is used. Others may re-use this information provided they:- 1) Respect the provided TLP classification 2) Credit the EGI https://www.egi.eu/ Software Vulnerability Group On behalf of the EGI SVG,