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VMware Patches Severe Security Flaws in Workstation and Fusion Products

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VMware Patches Severe Security Flaws in Workstation and Fusion Products

May 14, 2024NewsroomBluetooth / Vulnerability Multiple security flaws have been disclosed in VMware Workstation and Fusion products that could be exploited by threat actors to access sensitive information, trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition, and execute code under certain circumstances. The four vulnerabilities impact Workstation versions 17.x and Fusion versions 13.x, with fixes available in version … Read more

VMware Workstation Pro, Fusion Pro free for personal use

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VMware Workstation Pro, Fusion Pro free for personal use

VMware has made another small but notable post-merger concession to users: the Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro desktop hypervisor products will now be free for personal use. The cloud and virtualization biz, now a Broadcom subsidiary, has announced that its Pro apps will be available under two license models: a “Free Personal Use” or a … Read more

VMware patches critical, important bugs in ESXi, Workstation and Fusion

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VMware patches critical, important bugs in ESXi, Workstation and Fusion

VMware on March 5 issued patches for a pair of flaws they rated as “critical” and in the “important” severity range for VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion. VMware explained in an advisory to its customers that ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a “use-after-free” vulnerability in the XHCI USB controller filed with NIST as CVE-2024-22252. VMware … Read more

VMware Fixes Critical ESXi, Workstation and Fusion Flaws

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VMware Fixes Critical ESXi, Workstation and Fusion Flaws

VMware is issuing patches for its ESXi, Workstation and Fusion products to fix a pair of flaws that, if exploited, could each allow attackers with local administrative privileges on virtual machines to execute code as the virtual machine’s VMX process running on the host. The use-after-free flaws (CVE-2024-22252 and CVE-2024-22253) are two of four vulnerabilities … Read more

VMware fixes critical sandbox escape flaws in ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion

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VMware fixes critical sandbox escape flaws in ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion

VMware released security updates to fix critical sandbox escape vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, and Cloud Foundation products, allowing attackers to escape virtual machines and access the host operating system. These types of flaws are critical as they could permit attackers to gain unauthorized access to the host system where a hypervisor is installed … Read more

VMware Issues Security Patches for ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion Flaws

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VMware Issues Security Patches for ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion Flaws

Mar 06, 2024NewsroomSoftware Security / Vulnerability VMware has released patches to address four security flaws impacting ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion, including two critical flaws that could lead to code execution. Tracked as CVE-2024-22252 and CVE-2024-22253, the vulnerabilities have been described as use-after-free bugs in the XHCI USB controller. They carry a CVSS score of 9.3 … Read more

VMware Fusion 13.5 – TidBITS

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VMware Fusion 13.5 – TidBITS

VMware has updated its VMware Fusion virtualization package to version 13.5, adding support for downloading and installing Windows 11 as a guest operating system from the Fusion user interface on M-based Macs. The release also introduces an enhanced security encryption scheme (XTS instead of CBC) for improved protection and reduced performance, enables you to import … Read more