Releases Security Updates (January 14th , 2020)

Ref# VMware | Date: Jan 24th 2020

Description

The VMware has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in VMWare Tools. It is recommended that you take the necessary precautions by ensuring your products are always updated.

Advisory ID

VMSA-2020-0002

Advisory Severity

Important

CVSSv3 Range

7.8

Synopsis

VMware Tools workaround addresses a local privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2020-3941)

 

Issue Date

2020-01-14

Updated On

2020-01-14 (initial Advisory)

CVE(s)

CVE-2020-3941

For more information on the updates you can follow this url:

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0002.html 

The Guyana National CIRT recommends users and administration to review these updates and to apply them where necessary.

Reference

  VMware Releases Security Updates (US-Cert)

https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2020/01/14/vmware-releases-security-update