Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-5540 - Memory Leak vulnerability in VMWare Fusion and Workstation

047910
CVSS 7.7 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
vmware
CWE-401
nessus

Summary

VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.5.1) and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.1) contain an information disclosure vulnerability in vmnetdhcp. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker on a guest VM to disclose sensitive information by leaking memory from the host process.

Nessus

  • NASL familyWindows
    NASL idVMWARE_WORKSTATION_VMSA_2019_0021.NASL
    descriptionThe version of VMware Workstation installed on the remote Windows host is 15.0.x prior to 15.5.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - An unspecified information disclosure vulnerability in vmnetdhcp. (CVE-2019-5540) - An unspecified out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the e1000e virtual network adapter. (CVE-2019-5541) - An unspecified denial-of-service vulnerability in the RPC handler. (CVE-2019-5542) - Unspecified vulnerabilities related to hypervisor-specific mitigations for TSX Asynchronous Abort (TAA). (CVE-2019-11135)
    last seen2020-03-21
    modified2019-11-20
    plugin id131129
    published2019-11-20
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/131129
    titleVMware Workstation 15.0.x < 15.5.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2019-0020, VMSA-2019-0021)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(131129);
      script_version("1.5");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/20");
    
      script_cve_id(
        "CVE-2019-5540",
        "CVE-2019-5541",
        "CVE-2019-5542",
        "CVE-2019-11135"
      );
      script_xref(name:"VMSA", value:"2019-0020");
      script_xref(name:"VMSA", value:"2019-0021");
    
      script_name(english:"VMware Workstation 15.0.x < 15.5.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2019-0020, VMSA-2019-0021)");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
    "A virtualization application installed on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
    "The version of VMware Workstation installed on the remote Windows host is 15.0.x prior to 15.5.1. It is, therefore,
    affected by multiple vulnerabilities:
    
      - An unspecified information disclosure vulnerability in vmnetdhcp. (CVE-2019-5540)
    
      - An unspecified out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the e1000e virtual network adapter. (CVE-2019-5541)
    
      - An unspecified denial-of-service vulnerability in the RPC handler. (CVE-2019-5542)
    
      - Unspecified vulnerabilities related to hypervisor-specific mitigations for TSX Asynchronous Abort (TAA).
        (CVE-2019-11135)");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0020.html");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0021.html");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
    "Update to VMware Workstation version 15.5.1 or later.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H");
      script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-5541");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/11/12");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/11/12");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/11/20");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:vmware:workstation");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_family(english:"Windows");
    
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
    
      script_dependencies("vmware_workstation_detect.nasl");
      script_require_keys("SMB/Registry/Enumerated", "installed_sw/VMware Workstation");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    include('vcf.inc');
    
    get_kb_item_or_exit('SMB/Registry/Enumerated');
    
    app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:'VMware Workstation', win_local:TRUE);
    
    constraints = [
      { 'min_version' : '15.0', 'fixed_version' : '15.5.1' }
    ];
    
    vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_WARNING);
    
  • NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
    NASL idMACOSX_FUSION_VMSA_2019_0021.NASL
    descriptionThe version of VMware Fusion installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is 11.0.x prior to 11.5.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - An unspecified information disclosure vulnerability in vmnetdhcp. (CVE-2019-5540) - An unspecified out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the e1000e virtual network adapter. (CVE-2019-5541) - An unspecified denial-of-service vulnerability in the RPC handler. (CVE-2019-5542) - Unspecified vulnerabilities related to hypervisor-specific mitigations for TSX Asynchronous Abort (TAA). (CVE-2019-11135)
    last seen2020-03-21
    modified2019-11-20
    plugin id131128
    published2019-11-20
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/131128
    titleVMware Fusion 11.0.x < 11.5.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2019-0020, VMSA-2019-0021)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(131128);
      script_version("1.5");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/20");
    
      script_cve_id(
        "CVE-2019-5540",
        "CVE-2019-5541",
        "CVE-2019-5542",
        "CVE-2019-11135"
      );
      script_xref(name:"VMSA", value:"2019-0020");
      script_xref(name:"VMSA", value:"2019-0021");
    
      script_name(english:"VMware Fusion 11.0.x < 11.5.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2019-0020, VMSA-2019-0021)");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
    "A virtualization application installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
    "The version of VMware Fusion installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is 11.0.x prior to 11.5.1. It is, therefore,
    affected by multiple vulnerabilities:
    
      - An unspecified information disclosure vulnerability in vmnetdhcp. (CVE-2019-5540)
    
      - An unspecified out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the e1000e virtual network adapter. (CVE-2019-5541)
    
      - An unspecified denial-of-service vulnerability in the RPC handler. (CVE-2019-5542)
    
      - Unspecified vulnerabilities related to hypervisor-specific mitigations for TSX Asynchronous Abort (TAA).
        (CVE-2019-11135)");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0020.html");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0021.html");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
    "Update to VMware Fusion version 11.5.1 or later.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H");
      script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-5541");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/11/12");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/11/12");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/11/20");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:vmware:fusion");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks");
    
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
    
      script_dependencies("macosx_fusion_detect.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "installed_sw/VMware Fusion");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    include('vcf.inc');
    
    
    app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:'VMware Fusion');
    
    constraints = [
      { 'min_version' : '11.0', 'fixed_version' : '11.5.1' }
    ];
    
    vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_WARNING);