PT-2007-5673 · Vmware · Vmware Player+3

Published 2007-09-21 · Updated 2019-08-01 · CVE-2007-4497

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions EMC VMware Workstation versions prior to 5.5.5 Build 56455 EMC VMware Workstation versions 6.x prior to 6.0.1 Build 55017 EMC VMware Player versions prior to 1.0.5 Build 56455 EMC VMware Player 2 versions prior to 2.0.1 Build 55017 EMC VMware ACE versions prior to 1.0.3 Build 54075 EMC VMware ACE 2 versions prior to 2.0.1 Build 55017 EMC VMware Server versions prior to 1.0.4 Build 56528

Description The issue allows users with login access to a guest operating system to cause a denial of service, resulting in a guest outage and host process crash or hang, via unspecified vectors.

Recommendations For EMC VMware Workstation versions prior to 5.5.5 Build 56455, update to version 5.5.5 Build 56455 or later. For EMC VMware Workstation versions 6.x prior to 6.0.1 Build 55017, update to version 6.0.1 Build 55017 or later. For EMC VMware Player versions prior to 1.0.5 Build 56455, update to version 1.0.5 Build 56455 or later. For EMC VMware Player 2 versions prior to 2.0.1 Build 55017, update to version 2.0.1 Build 55017 or later. For EMC VMware ACE versions prior to 1.0.3 Build 54075, update to version 1.0.3 Build 54075 or later. For EMC VMware ACE 2 versions prior to 2.0.1 Build 55017, update to version 2.0.1 Build 55017 or later. For EMC VMware Server versions prior to 1.0.4 Build 56528, update to version 1.0.4 Build 56528 or later.

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-4497

Affected Products

Vmware Ace

Vmware Player

Vmware Server

Vmware Workstation

References · 18

• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-543-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-23.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/25731 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4497 · Security Note
• http://vmware.com/support/ace/doc/releasenotes_ace.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4497 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27706 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229 · Note