VMSA-2017-0011

Horizon View Client update addresses a command injection vulnerability

VMware Security Advisory
 
VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID:
 VMSA-2017-0011
VMware Security Advisory Severity:
Important
VMware Security Advisory Synopsis:
 Horizon View Client update addresses a command injection vulnerability
VMware Security Advisory Issue date:
 2017-06-08
VMware Security Advisory Updated on:
 2017-06-08 (Initial Advisory)
VMware Security Advisory CVE numbers:
 CVE-2017-4918
 
1. Summary

Horizon View Client update addresses a command injection vulnerability

 

2. Relevant Products
  • VMware Horizon View Client for Mac (View Client)
3. Problem Description

Horizon View Client command injection vulnerability

 

VMware Horizon View Client contains a command injection vulnerability in the service startup script. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow unprivileged users to escalate their privileges to root on the Mac OSX system where the client is installed.   

 

VMware would like to thank Florian Bogner from Kapsch BusinessCom AG for reporting this issue to us.   

 

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the identifier CVE-2017-4918 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
VMware Product View Client
Product Version 4.x
Running on OSX
Severity Important
Replace with/ Apply Patch 4.5
Mitigation/ Workaround None
VMware Product View Client
Product Version 3.x
Running on OSX
Severity Important
Replace with/ Apply Patch 4.5
Mitigation/ Workaround None
VMware Product View Client
Product Version 2.x
Running on OSX
Severity Important
Replace with/ Apply Patch 4.5
Mitigation/ Workaround None


4. Solution


Please review the patch/release notes for your product and version and verify the checksum of your downloaded file.


VMware Horizon View Client

Downloads:

https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=CART17Q2_MAC_450&productId=578&rPId=16682

Documentation: 

https://www.vmware.com/support/viewclients/doc/viewclients_pubs.html

 

 

5. References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-4918

 

6. Change log

 

2017-06-08 VMSA-2017-0011 Initial security advisory in conjunction with the release of VMware Horizon View Client 4.5 on 2017-06-08.

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