National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-1139

Overview

Format string vulnerability in vmrun in VMware VIX API 1.6.x, VMware Workstation 6.5.x before 6.5.4 build 246459, VMware Player 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459, and VMware Server 2.x on Linux, and VMware Fusion 2.x before 2.0.7 build 246742, allows local users to gain privileges via format string specifiers in process metadata.

Impact

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: CONFIRM

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

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

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

External Source: MLIST

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

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

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

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1023835

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023835

External Source: BID

Name: 39407

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39407

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-201209-25

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 39215

Type: Advisory

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 39206

Type: Advisory

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 39201

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/39201

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 63606

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/63606

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