VMware have released a maintenance release for the Mac version of Fusion. There are no major changes to this version but it does resolve an issue with Mountain Lion.
Details from VMware:
Resolved Issues
This release resolves the following issues.
General Issues
- Resolved an intermittent issue with an unreleased version of Mac OS X.
- Fixed a race-condition when starting VMware Tools in some OpenSUSE virtual machines.
Security Issues
- VMware host Checkpoint file memory corruption
Input data was not properly validated when loading Checkpoint files. This issue could have allowed an attacker with the ability to load a specially crafted Checkpoint file to execute arbitrary code on the host.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2012-3288 to this issue.- VMware floppy device out-of-bounds memory write.
Due to a flaw in the virtual floppy configuration, it was possible to perform an out-of-bounds memory write. This vulnerability could have allowed a guest user to crash the VMX process or to potentially execute code on the host.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2012-2449 to this issue.VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2012-0009 and VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2012-0011 document workarounds and mitigation for these resolved issues.
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