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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2018.3919 VMSA-2018-0031 19 December 2018 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: vRealize Operations Publisher: VMWare Operating System: Virtualisation UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) Windows Impact/Access: Root Compromise -- Existing Account Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2018-6978 Original Bulletin: https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0031.html - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- VMSA-2018-0031 vRealize Operations updates address a local privilege escalation vulnerability VMware Security Advisory VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2018-0031 VMware Security Advisory Severity: Important VMware Security Advisory Synopsis: vRealize Operations updates address a local privilege escalation vulnerability VMware Security Advisory Issue date: 2018-12-18 VMware Security Advisory Updated on: 2018-12-18 (Initial Advisory) VMware Security Advisory CVE numbers: CVE-2018-6978 1. Summary vRealize Operations updates address a local privilege escalation vulnerability 2. Relevant Products o vRealize Operations (vROps) 3. Problem Description Privilege escalation vulnerability in support scripts vROps contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper permissions of support scripts. Admin** user of the vROps application with shell access may exploit this issue to elevate the privileges to root on a vROps machine. **The admin user (non-sudoer) should not be confused with root of the vROps machine. VMware would like to thank Alessandro Zanni, pentester at OVH for reporting this issue to us. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the identifier CVE-2018-6978 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 Running Severity Replace with/ Apply Mitigation/ Product Version on Patch Workaround vROps 7.x VA Important 7.0.0.11287810 None vROps 6.7.x VA Important 6.7.0.11286837 None vROps 6.6.x VA Important 6.6.1.11286876 None 4. Solution Please review the patch/release notes for your product and version and verify the checksum of your downloaded file. vRealize Operations 7.0.0.11287810 Downloads and Documentation: https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=VROPS-700&productId=788&rPId=26497 vRealize Operations 6.7.0.11286837 Downloads and Documentation: https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=VROPS-670&productId=735&rPId=22153 vRealize Operations 6.6.1.11286876 Downloads and Documentation: https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=VROPS-661&productId=656&rPId=21231 5. References https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6978 6. Change log VMSA-2018-0031 2018-12-18 Initial security advisory in conjunction with the release of vROps 6.6.x, 6.7.x and 7.x patches on 2018-12-18. 7. Contact E-mail list for product security notifications and announcements: https://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 https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories 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 VMware Security & Compliance Blog https://blogs.vmware.com/security Twitter https://twitter.com/VMwareSRC Copyright 2018 VMware Inc. 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