Number: AV19-099
Date: 15 May 2019
VMware has released security advisories to address vulnerabilities affecting VMware Workstation Pro / Player (Workstation) and the Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) vulnerabilities in Intel CPUs addressed in Advisory AV19-093 (Zombieload). Successful exploitation may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable sensitive information disclosure.
CCCS encourages users and administrators to review the VMware Advisories webpage for the respective products and apply the necessary updates:
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0007.html
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0008.html
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