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Advisory-SVG-CVE-2018-6983
Title: EGI SVG 'ALERT' [TLP:WHITE] VMware integer overflow vulnerability CVE-2018-6983
[EGI-SVG-CVE-2018-6983]
Date: 2018-12-19
Updated:
Affected software and risk
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Vulnerability concerning VMware
Package : VMware
CVE ID : CVE-2018-6983
An integer overflow vulnerability was announced in VMware on 22nd November 2018 [R 1], [R 2]
The vulnerability may be exploited by a malicious actor to execute code on the host as a guest.
Actions required/recommended
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Any site using VMware should check [R 2] and update urgently if they have not done so already.
Component installation information
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Sites running VMware should see [R 2]
TLP and URL
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** 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-2018-6983
Minor updates may be made without re-distribution to the sites
Comments
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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]
Note that this has been updated and the latest version approved by the Operations Management Board in November 2017
References
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[R 1] https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6983
[R 2] https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0030.html
[R 3] https://documents.egi.eu/public/ShowDocument?docid=3145
Credit
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SVG was alerted to this vulnerability by Andrew Adams via Trusted CI's cv-announce list.
Timeline
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Yyyy-mm-dd [EGI-SVG-2018-CVE-2018-6983]
2018-12-04 SVG alerted to this issue by by Andrew Adams via Trusted CI's cv-announce list
2018-12-19 Alert sent to sites
Context
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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,