Title: EGI SVG 'ALERT' [TLP:WHITE] VMware vRealize Log Insight
vulnerability [EGI-SVG-CVE-2022-31706]
Date: 2023-01-26
Updated: 2023-04-11
Affected software and risk
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Multiple vulnerabilities in VMware vRealize Log Insight have been announced.
Package : VMware
CVE ID : CVE-2022-31706 and others.
CVSS Score : 9.8 [R 1]
The vRealize Log Insight contains a Directory Traversal Vulnerability.
VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the critical
severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 9.8.
An unauthenticated, malicious actor can inject files into the operating
system of an impacted appliance which can result in remote code
execution. [R 1]
Actions required/recommended
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Sites running VMWare should update as soon as possible, VMware vRealize
Log Insightsee [R 1]
If anyone becomes aware of any situation where this vulnerability has a
significant impact on the EGI infrastructure then please inform EGI SVG.
Component installation information
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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-2022-31706
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-2023-0001.html
[R 99] https://documents.egi.eu/public/ShowDocument?docid=3867
Timeline
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Yyyy-mm-dd [EGI-SVG-2023-CVE-2022-31706]
2022-01-25 SVG member became aware of this vulnerability which is public
2022-01-26 Alert sent to sites
2022-04-11 Advisory placed on Advisories.egi.eu
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,