National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-3707

Overview

VMware Authentication Daemon 1.0 in vmware-authd.exe in the VMware Authorization Service in VMware Workstation 7.0 before 7.0.1 build 227600 and 6.5.x before 6.5.4 build 246459, VMware Player 3.0 before 3.0.1 build 227600 and 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459, VMware ACE 2.6 before 2.6.1 build 227600 and 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459, and VMware Server 2.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via a \x25\xFF sequence in the USER and PASS commands, related to a "format string DoS" issue. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0007.html

Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0007.html

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.shinnai.net/xplits/TXT_JtYUv6C6j5b6Bw6iIkF4.html

Hyperlink:http://www.shinnai.net/xplits/TXT_JtYUv6C6j5b6Bw6iIkF4.html

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.shinnai.net/index.php?mod=02_Forum&group=02_Bugs_and_Exploits&argument=01_Remote&topic=1254924405.ff.php

Hyperlink:http://www.shinnai.net/index.php?mod=02_Forum&group=02_Bugs_and_Exploits&argument=01_Remote&topic=1254924405.ff.php

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.shinnai.net/exploits/abFwcLOuFqmD20yqhYpQ.txt

Hyperlink:http://www.shinnai.net/exploits/abFwcLOuFqmD20yqhYpQ.txt

External Source: BID

Name: 36630

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36630

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1022997

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1022997

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-201209-25

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 39215

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/39215

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 39206

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/39206

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 36988

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/36988

External Source: MLIST

Name: [security-announce] 20100409 VMSA-2010-0007 VMware hosted products, vCenter Server and ESX patches resolve multiple security issues

Hyperlink:http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000090.html

External Source: FULLDISC

Name: 20100409 VMSA-2010-0007 VMware hosted products, vCenter Server and ESX patches resolve multiple security issues

Hyperlink:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-04/0121.html

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20100409 VMSA-2010-0007 VMware hosted products, vCenter Server and ESX patches resolve multiple security issues

Hyperlink:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2010-04/0077.html