PT-2008-2952 · Vmware · Vmware Player+3

Published 2008-03-20 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-1362

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware Workstation versions 5.5.x through 5.5.5 VMware Workstation versions 6.0.x through 6.0.2 VMware Player versions 1.0.x through 1.0.5 VMware Player versions 2.0.x through 2.0.2 VMware ACE versions 1.0.x through 1.0.4 VMware ACE versions 2.0.x through 2.0.0 VMware Server versions 1.0.x through 1.0.4

Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service by impersonating the authd process through an unspecified use of an insecurely created named pipe.

Recommendations For VMware Workstation versions 5.5.x through 5.5.5, update to version 5.5.6 or later. For VMware Workstation versions 6.0.x through 6.0.2, update to version 6.0.3 or later. For VMware Player versions 1.0.x through 1.0.5, update to version 1.0.6 or later. For VMware Player versions 2.0.x through 2.0.2, update to version 2.0.3 or later. For VMware ACE versions 1.0.x through 1.0.4, update to version 1.0.5 or later. For VMware ACE versions 2.0.x through 2.0.0, update to version 2.0.1 or later. For VMware Server versions 1.0.x through 1.0.4, update to version 1.0.5 or later.

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1362

Affected Products

Vmware Ace

Vmware Player

Vmware Server

Vmware Workstation

References · 17

• http://vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html · Patch
• http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html · Patch
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html · Patch
• http://vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.html · Patch
• http://vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html · Patch
• http://vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html · Patch
• http://vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1362 · Security Note
• http://vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html · Patch
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41259 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28276 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3755 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019621 · Note