National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-2234

Overview

Multiple buffer overflows in Openwsman 1.2.0 and 2.0.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted "Authorization: Basic" HTTP header.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: XF

Name: openwsman-session-replay-code-execution(44484)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44484

External Source: XF

Name: openwsman-authentication-header-bo(44481)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44481

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0015.html

Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0015.html

External Source: BID

Name: 30694

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30694

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20080919 VMSA-2008-0015 Updated ESXi and ESX 3.5 packages address critical security issue in openwsman

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/496528/100/0/threaded

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-2624

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2624

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-2397

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2397

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31942

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31942

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31429

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31429

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31410

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31410

External Source: MLIST

Name: [security-announce] 20080918 VMSA-2008-0015 Updated ESXi and ESX 3.5 packages address critical security issue in openwsman

Hyperlink:http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000034.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2008:041

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00003.html