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Home > Cybersecurity > VMware fixes ESXi and vRealize security flaws

VMware fixes ESXi and vRealize security flaws

VMware announced the release of security updates, addressing multiple critical vulnerabilities affecting multiple products.


Erdem Yasar Erdem Yasar
December 15, 2022
8 min read
VMware fixes ESXi and vRealize security flaws
  • VMware fixes three vulnerabilities affecting multiple products and urged users to install the updates as soon as possible.
  • The severity of the vulnerabilities is in the critical severity range, with CVSSv3 scores of 9.3 and 9.8.
  • The vulnerabilities affect ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, Cloud Foundation, and vRealize Network Insight products.

VMware fixed multiple vulnerabilities with a security update. The update addresses multiple critical severity vulnerabilities that affect various products, including ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, Cloud Foundation, and vRealize Network Insight.

Critical severity

According to the advisory, the vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-31705, is a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion. It was privately reported to VMware. Updates and workarounds are available to remediate this vulnerability in affected VMware products. The vulnerability is found in the USB 2.0 controller and has a CVSSv3 score of 9.3.

Product Version Running On CVSSv3 Severity Fixed Version Workarounds
ESXi
8.0
Any
5.9
Moderate

 

ESXi80a-20842819
KB87617
ESXi
7.0
Any
5.9
Moderate

 

ESXi70U3si-20841705
KB87617
Fusion
13.x
OS X
N/A
N/A
Unaffected
N/A
Fusion
12.x
OS X
9.3
Critical

 

12.2.5
KB79712
Workstation
17.x
Any
N/A
N/A
Unaffected
N/A
Workstation
16.x
Any
9.3
Critical

 

16.2.5
KB79712

 

Product Version Running On CVSSv3 Severity Fixed Version Workarounds
Cloud Foundation (ESXi)
4.x/3.x
Any
5.9
Moderate

 

KB90336
KB87617

The other two vulnerabilities are an address command injection and a directory traversal security vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2022-31702 and CVE-2022-31703, respectively. These vulnerabilities are detected in VMware vRealize Network Insight and they were privately reported to VMware. vRealize Network Insight contains a command injection vulnerability present in the vRNI REST API. Patches and updates are available to remediate these vulnerabilities. The severity of this issue is in the critical severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 9.8.

Product Version Running On CVSSv3 Severity Fixed Version Workarounds
VMware vRealize Network Insight (vRNI)
6.8.0
Any
NA
N/A
Unaffected
NA
VMware vRealize Network Insight (vRNI)
6.7
Any
9.8, 7.5
Critical

 

6.7 HF
None
VMware vRealize Network Insight (vRNI)
6.6
Any
9.8, 7.5
Critical

 

6.6 HF
None
VMware vRealize Network Insight (vRNI)
6.5.x
Any
9.8, 7.5
Critical

 

6.5.x HF
None
VMware vRealize Network Insight (vRNI)
6.4
Any
9.8, 7.5
Critical

 

6.4 HF
None
VMware vRealize Network Insight (vRNI)
6.3
Any
9.8, 7.5
Critical

 

6.3 HF
None
VMware vRealize Network Insight (vRNI)
6.2
Any
9.8, 7.5
Critical

 

6.2 HF
None

 

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Erdem Yasar

Erdem Yasar

Erdem Yasar is a news editor at Cloud7 News. Erdem started his career by writing video game reviews in 2007 for PC World magazine while he was studying computer engineering. In the following years, he focused on software development with various programming languages. After his graduation, he continued to work as an editor for several major tech-related websites and magazines. During the 2010s, Erdem Yasar shifted his focus to cloud computing, hosting, and data centers as they were becoming more popular topics in the tech industry. Erdem Yasar also worked with various industry-leading tech companies as a content creator by writing blog posts and other articles. Prior to his role at Cloud7 News, Erdem was the managing editor of T3 Magazine.

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