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Vulnerability Alert - VMware Cloud Foundation

TYPE
Vulnerabilities
SYSTEMS AFFECTED
VMware Cloud Foundation versions 3.x / VMware NSX-V versions prior to 6.4.14
ECOSYSTEM
VMWare
Description

VMWare published a security advisory that address two vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-39144 and CVE-2022-31678). These vulnerabilities affect all the VMware Cloud Foundation 3.x versions environment and VMware NSX-V instance prior to 6.4.14.
RCE vulnerability (CVE-2021-39144) affects VMware Cloud Foundation via XStream open source library. The CVE-2022-31678 addresses an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability.

 

Impact

Among other consequences, it allows a malicious actor to get remote code execution.

 

Resolution

It is recommended that for VMware Cloud Foundation versions prior to 3.9.1, to upgrade to 3.11.0.1 (or later) and apply the steps in the Workaround section of [2].
For VMware Cloud Foundation versions after 3.9.1, it is recommended to apply the steps in the Workaround section of [2].

 
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Last updated on 07-09-2022