VMSA-2017-0002
Horizon DaaS update addresses an insecure data validation issue
VMware Security Advisory
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
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
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.
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