Overview
Recently, NSFOCUS CERT detected that VMware released a security announcement to fix the heap overflow vulnerability (CVE-2024-37079/CVE-2024-37080) and privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2024-37081) in VMware vCenter Server. At present, the official version has been fixed. Please take measures for protection.
CVE-2024-37079/CVE-2024-37080: Because the vCenter Server has a heap overflow vulnerability when executing the DCERPC protocol, remote attackers with access to the vCenter Server network can send special network packets to execute arbitrary codes. The CVSS score is 9.8.
CVE-2024-37081: Due to sudo configuration error, the vCenter Server has a local privilege escalation vulnerability. An attacker with low permissions can exploit this vulnerability to escalate the account to root permissions, and the CVSS score is 7.8.
Reference link: https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24453
Scope of Impact
Affected Version
- VMware vCenter Server 8.0 < 8.0 U2d
- VMware vCenter Server 8.0 < 8.0 U1e
- VMware vCenter Server 7.0 < 7.0 U3r
- VMware Cloud Foundation (vCenter Server) 5 < KB88287
- VMware Cloud Foundation (vCenter Server) 4 < KB88287
Unaffected version
- VMware vCenter Server 8.0 = 8.0 U2d
- VMware vCenter Server 8.0 = 8.0 U1e
- VMware vCenter Server 7.0 = 7.0 U3r
- VMware Cloud Foundation (vCenter Server) 5 = KB88287
- VMware Cloud Foundation (vCenter Server) 4 = KB88287
Mitigation
At present, the above vulnerabilities have been officially fixed in the latest version. Please upgrade the version for protection as soon as possible. The download link and documents of the corresponding product version are as follows:
| Product version | Download link | Document |
| VMware vCenter Server 8.0 U2d | https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/solutiondetails?patchId=5418 | https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/rn/vsphere-vcenter-server-80u2d-release-notes/index.html |
| VMware vCenter Server 8.0 U1e | https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/solutiondetails?patchId=5419 | https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/rn/vsphere-vcenter-server-80u1e-release-notes/index.html |
| VMware vCenter Server 7.0 U3r | https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/solutiondetails?patchId=5417 | https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/rn/vsphere-vcenter-server-70u3r-release-notes/index.html |
| VMware Cloud Foundation 5.x | https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?legacyId=88287 | |
| VMware Cloud Foundation 4.x | https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?legacyId=88287 |
Statement
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