Allele Security Alert
ASA-2019-00166
Identifier(s)
ASA-2019-00166, CVE-2019-5515, VMSA-2019-0005
Title
Out-of-bounds write vulnerability in e1000 and e1000e virtual network adapters
Vendor(s)
VMware
Product(s)
VMware Workstation Pro / Player (Workstation)
VMware Fusion Pro / Fusion (Fusion)
Affected version(s)
VMware Workstation Pro / Player (Workstation) versions 15.x and 14.x
VMware Fusion Pro / Fusion (Fusion) running on OSX versions 11.x and 10.x
Fixed version(s)
VMware Workstation Pro / Player (Workstation) versions 15.0.3 and 14.1.6
VMware Fusion Pro / Fusion (Fusion) running on OSX versions 11.0.3 and 10.1.6
Proof of concept
Unknown
Description
VMware Workstation and Fusion updates address an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the e1000 and e1000e virtual network adapters. Exploitation of this issue may lead to code execution on the host from the guest but it is more likely to result in a denial of service of the guest.
Technical details
Unknown
Credits
ZhanluLab
Reference(s)
[Security-announce] New VMSA-2019-0005 – VMware ESXi, Workstation and Fusion updates address multiple security issues
https://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2019/000454.html
VMSA-2019-0005
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0005.html
CVE-2019-5515
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-5515
CVE-2019-5515
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5515
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Last modified: April 2, 2019