==================================================================== CERT-Renater Note d'Information No. 2012/VULN237 ____________________________________________________________________ DATE : 31/05/2012 HARDWARE PLATFORM(S): / OPERATING SYSTEM(S): Systems running VMware vMA versions 4.0, 4.1, 5.0.0.1. ====================================================================== http://www.vmware.com/support/support-resources/advisories/VMSA-2012-0010.html ______________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2012-0010 Synopsis: VMware vMA addresses a security issue Issue date: 2012-05-25 Updated on: 2012-05-25 (initial advisory) CVE number: CVE-2012-2752 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Summary VMware vMA addresses a security issue 2. Relevant releases vMA 4.0 vMA 4.1 vMA 5 patch 1 (5.0.0.1) 3. Problem Description a. VMware Library file loading Privilege Escalation A flaw in the way library files are loaded could allow for privilege escalation. VMware would like to thank Thorsten Tüllmann for reporting this issue to us. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2012-2752 to this issue. Column 4 of the following table lists the action required to remediate the vulnerability in each release, if a solution is available. VMware Product Running Replace with/ Product Version on Apply Patch ============= ======== ======= ================= vMA any any vMA 5.0 Patch 2 (5.0.0.2)* * Customers who are running vMA 4.0 and vMA 4.1 would need to update to vMA 5.0 Patch 2 (5.0.0.2) to remediate this issue. 4. Solution Please review the patch/release notes for your product and version and verify the checksum of your downloaded file. vMA 5.0 -------- vMA-5.0.0.2-724898.zip md5sum: 3537169e177d5ddf987926b428fffb20 sha1sum: 6720cb255109d3a93be5a3af6c35fd9efae7261a http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2021164 5. References http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2752 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Change log 2012-05-25 VMSA-2012-0010 Initial security advisory in conjunction with the release of vMA 5.0 patch 2 (5.0.0.2)on 2012-05-25. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Contact E-mail list for product security notifications and announcements: http://lists.vmware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/security-announce This Security Advisory is posted to the following lists: * security-announce at lists.vmware.com * bugtraq at securityfocus.com * full-disclosure at lists.grok.org.uk E-mail: security at vmware.com PGP key at: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1055 VMware Security Advisories http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories VMware security response policy http://www.vmware.com/support/policies/security_response.html General support life cycle policy http://www.vmware.com/support/policies/eos.html VMware Infrastructure support life cycle policy http://www.vmware.com/support/policies/eos_vi.html Copyright 2012 VMware Inc. All rights reserved. ====================================================================== ========================================================= Serveur de référence du CERT-Renater https://services.renater.fr/ssi/ ========================================================= + CERT-RENATER | tel : 01-53-94-20-44 + + 23 - 25 Rue Daviel | fax : 01-53-94-20-41 + + 75013 Paris | email: certsvp@renater.fr + =========================================================