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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-3733

Original release date:11/02/2009
Last revised:11/09/2009
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Directory traversal vulnerability in VMware Server 1.x before 1.0.10 build 203137 and 2.x before 2.0.2 build 203138 on Linux, VMware ESXi 3.5, and VMware ESX 3.0.3 and 3.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:5.0 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information

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External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-3062
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0015.html
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: MLIST
Name: [security-announce] 20091027 VMSA-2009-0015 VMware hosted products and ESX patches resolve two security issues
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: BID
Name: 36842
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20091027 VMSA-2009-0015 VMware hosted products and ESX patches resolve two security issues
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1023089
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1023088
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 37186
Type: Advisory

Vulnerable software and versions

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line trunkNav control imageOR
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vmware:server:1.0
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vmware:server:1.0.1
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vmware:server:1.0.1_build_29996
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vmware:server:1.0.2
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vmware:server:1.0.3
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vmware:server:1.0.4
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vmware:server:1.0.4_build_56528
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vmware:server:1.0.5
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vmware:server:1.0.6
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vmware:server:1.0.7
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vmware:server:1.0.8
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vmware:server:1.0.9
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vmware:esxi:3.5
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vmware:esx:3.0.3
line trunkspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:vmware:esx:3.5
Nav control imageConfiguration 2
spacerNav control imageAND
spacerspacerNav control imageOR
spacerspacerline trunkNav control image* cpe:/a:vmware:server:2.0.0
spacerspacerline trunkNav control image* cpe:/a:vmware:server:2.0.1
spacerspacerNav control imageOR
spacerspacerspacerNav control imagecpe:/o:linux:linux
* Denotes Vulnerable Software

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