VMware Workstation and Fusion security updates

Number: AV16-187
Date: 14 November 2016

Purpose

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

Assessment

VMware has release security updates for the VMware Workstation and Workstation Fusion products. The severities of the vulnerabilities addressed with these updates are critical. The drag and drop function of the below mentioned products may allow a guest to execute code on the host operating system via an out-of-bound memory access 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. .

Affected Products:

VMware Workstation Pro 12.x / Player 12.x
VMware Fusion Pro 8.x / Fusion 8.x

CVE References: CVE-2016-7461

Suggested Action

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

References:

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0019.html