National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-2100

Overview

Multiple buffer overflows in VIX API 1.1.x before 1.1.4 build 93057 on VMware Workstation 5.x and 6.x, VMware Player 1.x and 2.x, VMware ACE 2.x, VMware Server 1.x, VMware Fusion 1.x, VMware ESXi 3.5, and VMware ESX 3.0.1 through 3.5 allow guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS via unspecified vectors.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: XF

Name: vmware-vixapi-multiple-unspecified-bo(42872)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42872

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-1744

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html

Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html

External Source: BID

Name: 29552

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29552

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20080604 VMSA-2008-0009 Updates to VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Fusion, VMware Server, VMware VIX API, VMware ESX, VMware ESXi resolve critical security issues

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1020200

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1020200

External Source: SREASON

Name: 3922

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3922

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-201209-25

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30556

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30556

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5647

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5647

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5081

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5081

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5647

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5647

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5081

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5081