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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2017.0587
Horizon DaaS update addresses an insecure data validation issue
6 March 2017
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: VMware Horizon DaaS
Publisher: VMWare
Operating System: UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Windows
Impact/Access: Access Privileged Data -- Remote with User Interaction
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2017-4897
Original Bulletin:
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0002.html
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VMSA-2017-0002
Horizon DaaS update addresses an insecure data validation issue
VMware Security Advisory
Advisory ID:
VMSA-2017-0002
Severity:
Moderate
Synopsis:
Horizon DaaS update addresses an insecure data validation issue
Issue date:
2017-03-02
Updated on:
2017-03-02 (Initial Advisory)
CVE numbers:
CVE-2017-4897
1. Summary
Horizon DaaS update addresses an insecure data validation issue
2. Relevant Products
VMware Horizon DaaS
3. Problem Description
a. Horizon DaaS insecure data validation
Horizon DaaS contains a vulnerability that exists due to insufficient
validation of data. An attacker may exploit this issue by tricking DaaS client
users into connecting to a malicious server and sharing all their drives and
devices. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires a victim to
download a specially crafted RDP file through DaaS client by clicking on a
malicious link.
VMware would like to thank Ahmad Ashraff of Aura Information Security for
reporting this issue to us.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned
the identifier CVE-2017-4897 to this issue.
Column 5 of the following table lists the action required to remediate the
vulnerability in each release, if a solution is available.
VMware Product Product Version Running on Severity Replace with/ Apply Patch Mitigation/ Workaround
Horizon DaaS 6.1.x All Moderate 7.0.0 None
4. Solution
Please review the patch/release notes for your product and version and verify
the checksum of your downloaded file.
VMware Horizon DaaS
Downloads:
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/info/slug/desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_horizon_daas/7_0
Documentation:
https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/horizon-daas-platform-pubs.html
5. References
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-4897
6. Change log
2017-03-02 VMSA-2017-0002 Initial security advisory in conjunction with the
release of VMware Horizon DaaS 7.0.0 on 2017-03-02.
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@lists.vmware.com
bugtraq@securityfocus.com
fulldisclosure@seclists.org
E-mail: security@vmware.com
PGP key at:
https://kb.vmware.com/kb/1055
VMware Security Advisories
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VMware Lifecycle Support Phases
https://www.vmware.com/support/policies/lifecycle.html
Twitter
https://twitter.com/VMwareSRC
Copyright 2017 VMware Inc. All rights reserved.
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