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                                  CERT-Renater

                       Note d'Information No. 2016/VULN295
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DATE                : 16/08/2016

HARDWARE PLATFORM(S): /

OPERATING SYSTEM(S): Systems running VMware Photon OS.

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http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2016/000341.html
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                            VMware Security Advisory

Advisory ID: VMSA-2016-0012
Severity:    Important
Synopsis:    VMware Photon OS OVA default public ssh key
Issue date:  2016-08-15
Updated on:  2016-08-15 (Initial Advisory)
CVE number:  CVE-2016-5333

1. Summary

    VMware Photon OS OVA contains a default public ssh key.

2. Relevant Products

    VMware Photon OS OVA 1.0

3. Problem Description

    a. VMware Photon OS OVA default public ssh key

    A public ssh key used in the Photon OS build environment was
    inadvertently left in the original Photon OS 1.0 OVAs. This issue
    would have allowed anyone with the corresponding private key to
    access any Photon OS system built from the original 1.0 OVAs.

    The issue was discovered internally and the original OVAs have been
    replaced by updated OVAs. All instances of the corresponding private
    key have been deleted within VMware.

    Customers that have downloaded a Photon OS 1.0 OVA before
    August 14, 2016 should review the Photon OS OVAs release notes for
    the workaround or should download a new OVA and replace all existing
    instances with new instances built from the updated Photon OS 1.0
    OVAs.

    This issue is only present in the original Photon OS 1.0 OVAs and is
    not present in other Photon OS deliverables.

    The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
    assigned the identifier CVE-2016-5333 to this issue.

    Column 5 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        Severity   Apply Patch     Workaround
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    Photon OS OVA  1.0       Linux     Important  Updated Photon  See Photon
OS
                                                  OS OVAs 1.0     Release
Notes

4. Solution

    Please review the patch/release notes for your product and version
    and verify the checksum of your downloaded file.

    VMware Photon OS 1.0 OVA
    OVA Download
    https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Downloading-Photon-OS
    Release Notes
    https://github.com/vmware/photon/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

5. References

    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5333

    Photon OS OVA Release Notes
    https://github.com/vmware/photon/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

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6. Change log

    2016-08-15 VMSA-2016-0012
    Initial security advisory in conjunction with the release of updated
    Photon OS 1.0 OVAs on 2016-08-15.

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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
     fulldisclosure at seclists.org

    E-mail: security at vmware.com
    PGP key at: https://kb.vmware.com/kb/1055

    VMware Security Advisories
    http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories

    VMware Security Response Policy
    https://www.vmware.com/support/policies/security_response.html

    VMware Lifecycle Support Phases
    https://www.vmware.com/support/policies/lifecycle.html
    Twitter
    https://twitter.com/VMwareSRC

    Copyright 2016 VMware Inc.  All rights reserved.

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