Title: EGI SVG 'ALERT' [TLP:WHITE] Privilege escalation vulnerabilities in VMWare.
[EGI-SVG-CVE-2021-22040]
Date: 2022-02-18
Updated: 2022-07-28
AAffected software and risk
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VMWare has announced vulnerabilities concerning VMWare ESXi/Workstation/Fusion
Package : VMWare
CVE ID : CVE-2021-22040, CVE-22041
Bug ID : VMSA-2022-0004
CVSS Score :
Multiple vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion were
privately reported to VMware. [R 1] [R 2] These include privilege
escalation vulnerabilities. Updates are available to remediate these
vulnerabilities in affected VMware products.
Actions required/recommended
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Sites running VMWare should update as soon as possible.
Component installation information
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See [R 1]
Mitigation
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See [R 2]
Affected software details
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VMWare ESXi 6.5, 6.7, 7.0
VMWare Workstation 16.x < v16.2.1
VMware Fusion 12.x < v12.2.1
See [R 1]
TLP and URL
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** WHITE information - Unlimited distribution
- see https://go.egi.eu/tlp for
distribution restrictions **
URL: https://advisories.egi.eu/Advisory-SVG-CVE-2021-22040
Minor updates may be made without re-distribution to the sites
Comments
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Comments or questions should be sent to svg-rat at mailman.egi.eu
If you find or become aware of another vulnerability which is relevant to EGI
you may report it by e-mail to
report-vulnerability at egi.eu
the EGI Software Vulnerability Group will take a look according to the
procedure defined in [R 99]
References
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[R 1] https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0004.html
[R 2] https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/87349
[R 99] https://documents.egi.eu/public/ShowDocument?docid=3867
Credit
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SVG was alerted to this vulnerability by David Crooks
Timeline
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Yyyy-mm-dd [EGI-SVG-CVE-2021-22040]
2022-02-17 SVG alerted to this issue by David Crooks from SVG
2022-02-18 ALERT sent to EGI federated cloud sites
2022-07-28 ALERT placed on advisories web page
Context
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This advisory has been prepared as part of the effort to fulfil EGI SVG's
purpose "To minimize the risk to the EGI infrastructure arising from software
vulnerabilities"
The risk is that assessed by the group, according to the EGI SVG issue handling
procedure [R 99] in the context of how the software is used in the EGI
infrastructure. It is the opinion of the group, we do not guarantee it to be
correct. The risk may also be higher or lower in other deployments depending on
how the software is used.
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This advisory is subject to the Creative commons licence
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
and the EGI https://www.egi.eu/ Software Vulnerability Group must be credited.
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On behalf of the EGI SVG,