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                             CERT-Renater

                  Note d'Information No. 2016/VULN390
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DATE                : 16/11/2016

HARDWARE PLATFORM(S): /

OPERATING SYSTEM(S): Systems running vRealize Operations versions 6.x,
                                  prior to 6.4.0.

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http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2016/000353.html
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                            VMware Security Advisory

Advisory ID: VMSA-2016-0020
Severity:    Important
Synopsis:    vRealize Operations update addresses REST API
              deserialization vulnerability
Issue date:  2016-11-15
Updated on:  2016-11-15 (Initial Advisory)
CVE number:  CVE-2016-7462

1. Summary

    vRealize Operations update addresses REST API deserialization
    vulnerability.

2. Relevant Products

    vRealize Operations

3. Problem Description

    a. vRealize Operations REST API deserialization vulnerability

    vRealize Operations contains a deserialization vulnerability in its
    REST API implementation. This issue may result in a Denial of
    Service as it allows for writing of files with arbitrary content
    and moving existing files into certain folders. The name format of
    the destination files is predefined and their names cannot be
    chosen. Overwriting files is not feasible.

    VMware would like to thank Jacob Baines of Tenable Network Security
    for reporting this issue to us.

    The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
    assigned the identifier CVE-2016-7462 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/  Mitigations/
    Product     Version  on       Severity   Apply patch    Workarounds
    ==========  =======  =======  =========  =============  ==========
    vRealize    6.x      Any      Important  6.4.0          None
    Operations

    vRealize    5.x      Any      N/A        Not affected   N/A
    Operations


4. Solution

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

    vRealize Operations
    Downloads and Documentation:

https://my.vmware.com/en/web/vmware/info/slug/infrastructure_operations_man
agement/vmware_vrealize_operations/6_4

5. References

    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7462

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6. Change log

    2016-11-15 VMSA-2016-0020
    Initial security advisory in conjunction with the release of
    vRealize Operations 6.4 on 2016-11-15.

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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@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
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    Copyright 2016 VMware Inc.  All rights reserved.

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