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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2015.3178.5
VMware product updates address a critical deserialization vulnerability
24 August 2016
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: vRealize Orchestrator
vCenter Orchestrator
Publisher: VMWare
Operating System: VMware ESX Server
UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Windows
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2015-6934
Original Bulletin:
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2015-0009.html
Revision History: August 24 2016: Updated security advisory to reflect that the appliance version of
vRealize Operations 6.x is affected (earlier versions of this advisory
said "Not affected"). Added acknowledgement for reporter that alerted
VMware to this.
June 15 2016: Updated security advisory to reflect that vCenter Operations 5.x is not
affected (earlier versions of this advisory said Patch Pending). Added
that no patch is planned for vCenter Application Discovery Manager.
March 16 2016: Updated security advisory to reflect the release of vRealize
Infrastructure Navigator 5.8.5, which addresses CVE-2015-6934
February 1 2016: Updated security advisory in conjunction with the release of vRealize
Operations 6.2 on 2016-01-28. Added a note below the table in
section 3.a that exploitation of this issue in vCenter Application
Discovery Manager is limited to local privilege escalation.
December 21 2015: Initial Release
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VMware Security Advisory
Advisory ID: VMSA-2015-0009.4
Synopsis: VMware product updates address a critical deserialization
vulnerability
Issue date: 2015-12-18
Updated on: 2016-08-23
CVE number: CVE-2015-6934
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1. Summary
VMware product updates address a critical deserialization
vulnerability
2. Relevant Releases
vRealize Orchestrator 6.x
vCenter Orchestrator 5.x
vRealize Operations 6.x
vRealize Infrastructure Navigator 5.8.x
3. Problem Description
3.a Commons-collections deserialization vulnerability
A deserialization vulnerability involving Apache Commons-collections
and a specially constructed chain of classes exists. Successful
exploitation could result in remote code execution, with the
permissions of the application using the Commons-collections library.
VMware would like to thank Jacob Baines of Tenable Network Security
for reporting that the vRealize Operations appliance is affected.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has
assigned the identifier CVE-2015-6934 to this issue.
Column 4 of the following table lists the action required to
remediate the vulnerability in each release, if a solution is
available.
VMware Product Running Replace with/
Product Version on Apply Patch
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vRealize Orchestrator 7.0 Any Not Affected
vRealize Orchestrator 6.x Any See KB2141244
vCenter Orchestrator 5.x Any See KB2141244
vRealize Operations 6.x Any 6.2
vCenter Operations 5.x Any Not Affected
vCenter Application 7.x Any No patch planned *
Discovery Manager (vADM)
vRealize Infrastructure 5.8.x Linux 5.8.5
Navigator
* Exploitation of the issue on vCenter Application Discovery
Manager is limited to local privilege escalation.
4. Solution
Please review the patch/release notes for your product and
version and verify the checksum of your downloaded file.
vRealize Orchestrator 6.x and
vCenter Orchestrator 5.x
Downloads and Documentation:
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2141244
vRealize Operations 6.x
Release Notes
http://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/vrops/62/vrops-62-release-notes.htm
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vRealize Infrastructure Navigator 5.8.5
Release Notes
http://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/vin/585/releasenotes-vin585.html
5. References
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6934
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6. Change log
2015-12-18 VMSA-2015-0009
Initial security advisory in conjunction with the release of vRealize
Orchestrator 6.x and vCenter Orchestrator 5.x patches on 2015-12-18.
2016-01-29 VMSA-2015-0009.1
Updated security advisory in conjunction with the release of vRealize
Operations 6.2 on 2016-01-28. Added a note below the table in
section 3.a that exploitation of this issue in vCenter Application
Discovery Manager is limited to local privilege escalation.
2016-03-15 VMSA-2015-0009.2
Updated security advisory to reflect the release of vRealize
Infrastructure Navigator 5.8.5, which addresses CVE-2015-6934.
2016-06-14 VMSA-2015-0009.3
Updated security advisory to reflect that vCenter Operations 5.x is
not affected (earlier versions of this advisory said “Patch
Pendingâ€Â). Added that no patch is planned for vCenter Application
Discovery Manager.
2016-08-23 VMSA-2015-0009.4
Updated security advisory to reflect that the appliance version of
vRealize Operations 6.x is affected (earlier versions of this advisory
said “Not affectedâ€Â). Added acknowledgement for reporter that
alerted
VMware to this.
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7. Contact
E-mail list for product security notifications and announcements:
http://lists.vmware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/security-announce
This Security Advisory is posted to the following lists:
security-announce at lists.vmware.com
bugtraq at securityfocus.com
fulldisclosure at seclists.org
E-mail: security at vmware.com
PGP key at: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1055
VMware Security Advisories
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories
Consolidated list of VMware Security Advisories
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2078735
VMware Security Response Policy
https://www.vmware.com/support/policies/security_response.html
VMware Lifecycle Support Phases
https://www.vmware.com/support/policies/lifecycle.html
Twitter
https://twitter.com/VMwareSRC
Copyright 2015 VMware Inc. All rights reserved.
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