June 18, 2024 at 04:33AM
VMware has issued updates to fix critical vulnerabilities affecting Cloud Foundation, vCenter Server, and vSphere ESXi. These flaws could lead to privilege escalation and remote code execution. The vulnerabilities include heap-overflow flaws and local privilege escalation issues. While there are no known active exploits, users are urged to promptly apply the patches.
From the meeting notes, the key takeaways are:
1. VMware has released updates to address critical flaws impacting Cloud Foundation, vCenter Server, and vSphere ESXi that could lead to privilege escalation and remote code execution.
2. The vulnerabilities include CVE-2024-37079 & CVE-2024-37080 (CVSS scores: 9.8) with multiple heap-overflow vulnerabilities in the implementation of the DCE/RPC protocol, and CVE-2024-37081 (CVSS score: 7.8) with multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in VMware vCenter.
3. These vulnerabilities affect vCenter Server versions 7.0 and 8.0 and have been addressed in versions 7.0 U3r, 8.0 U1e, and 8.0 U2d.
4. The discovery of CVE-2024-37079 and CVE-2024-37080 has been credited to Chinese cybersecurity company researchers, while CVE-2024-37081 has been credited to Matei “Mal” Badanoiu at Deloitte Romania.
5. It’s crucial for users to quickly apply the patches to mitigate the critical vulnerabilities, even though there are no known reports of active exploitation in the wild.
Let me know if there is anything else you need to clarify from the meeting notes.