VMSA-2016-0021
VMware product updates address partial information disclosure vulnerability
VMware Security Advisory
1. Summary
VMware product updates address partial information disclosure vulnerability
2. Relevant Products
- VMware Identity Manager
- vRealize Automation
3. Problem Description
Partial information disclosure vulnerability in VMware Identity Manager
VMware Identity Manager contains a vulnerability that may allow for a partial information disclosure. Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow read access to files contained in the /SAAS/WEB-INF and /SAAS/META-INF directories remotely.
VMware would like to thank Max Chang of Trend Micro for reporting this issue to us.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the identifier CVE-2016-5334 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
*vRealize Automation 7.x ships with an RPM-based version of VMware Identity Manager
4. Solution
Please review the patch/release notes for your product and version and verify the checksum of your downloaded file.
VMware Identity Manager
Downloads and Documentation: https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/info/slug/desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_identity_manager/2_7
vRealize Automation
Downloads and Documentation: https://my.vmware.com/en/web/vmware/info/slug/infrastructure_operations_management/vmware_vrealize_automation/7_2
6. Change log
2016-11-22
VMSA-2016-0021
Initial security advisory in conjunction with the release of vRealize Automation 7.2.0 on 2016-11-22.
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