VMWare vRealize Operations security update

Number: AV16-190
Date: 17 November 2016

Purpose

The purpose of this advisory is to bring attention to multiple security updates released by VMware.

Assessment

VMware has released security updates for the vRealize Operations product. The severity of the vulnerability VulnerabilityA flaw or weakness in the design or implementation of an information system or its environment that could be exploited to adversely affect an organization's assets or operations. addressed in this update is rated important. The deserialization vulnerability in the REST API implementation may result in a Denial of Service as it allows for the writing of files with arbitrary content and the moving of existing files into certain folders.

Affected Product:
VMWare vRealize Operations 6.x

CVE Reference: CVE-2016-7462

Suggested action

CCIRC recommends that system administrators test and deploy the vendor released updates on affected platforms accordingly.

References

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0020.html