PT-2008-3617 · Vmware · Vmware Player+6

Published 2008-06-05 · Updated 2019-08-14 · CVE-2008-2100

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.x through 6.x VMware Player versions 1.x through 2.x VMware ACE version 2.x VMware Server version 1.x VMware Fusion version 1.x VMware ESXi version 3.5 VMware ESX versions 3.0.1 through 3.5 VIX API versions 1.1.x before 1.1.4 build 93057

Description The issue allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS via unspecified vectors due to multiple buffer overflows in the VIX API.

Recommendations For VMware Workstation versions 5.x through 6.x, update to a version with VIX API 1.1.4 build 93057 or later. For VMware Player versions 1.x through 2.x, update to a version with VIX API 1.1.4 build 93057 or later. For VMware ACE version 2.x, update to a version with VIX API 1.1.4 build 93057 or later. For VMware Server version 1.x, update to a version with VIX API 1.1.4 build 93057 or later. For VMware Fusion version 1.x, update to a version with VIX API 1.1.4 build 93057 or later. For VMware ESXi version 3.5, update to a version with VIX API 1.1.4 build 93057 or later. For VMware ESX versions 3.0.1 through 3.5, update to a version with VIX API 1.1.4 build 93057 or later. For VIX API versions 1.1.x before 1.1.4 build 93057, update to version 1.1.4 build 93057 or later.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-2100

Affected Products

Vix Api

Vmware Ace

Vmware Esxi

Vmware Fusion

Vmware Player

Vmware Server

Vmware Workstation

References · 13

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2100 · Security Note
• http://vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30556 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5081 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5647 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42872 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3922 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/29552 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2100 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020200 · Note