Security
Security
VMware guest operating systems might be able to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges on the host operating system through multiple flaws.
| Package | app-emulation/vmware-workstation on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 5.5.5.56455 = 6.0.0.45731 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 5.5.5.56455 |
| Package | app-emulation/vmware-player on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 1.0.5.56455 = 2.0.0.45731 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 1.0.5.56455 |
VMware Workstation is a virtual machine for developers and system administrators. VMware Player is a freeware virtualization software that can run guests produced by other VMware products.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in several VMware products. Neel Mehta and Ryan Smith (IBM ISS X-Force) discovered that the DHCP server contains an integer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2007-0062), an integer underflow vulnerability (CVE-2007-0063) and another error when handling malformed packets (CVE-2007-0061), leading to stack-based buffer overflows or stack corruption. Rafal Wojtczvk (McAfee) discovered two unspecified errors that allow authenticated users with administrative or login privileges on a guest operating system to corrupt memory or cause a Denial of Service (CVE-2007-4496, CVE-2007-4497). Another unspecified vulnerability related to untrusted virtual machine images was discovered (CVE-2007-5617).
VMware products also shipped code copies of software with several vulnerabilities: Samba (GLSA-200705-15), BIND (GLSA-200702-06), MIT Kerberos 5 (GLSA-200707-11), Vixie Cron (GLSA-200704-11), shadow (GLSA-200606-02), OpenLDAP (CVE-2006-4600), PAM (CVE-2004-0813, CVE-2007-1716), GCC (CVE-2006-3619) and GDB (CVE-2006-4146).
Remote attackers within a guest system could possibly exploit these vulnerabilities to execute code on the host system with elevated privileges or to cause a Denial of Service.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All VMware Workstation users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/vmware-workstation-5.5.5.56455"
All VMware Player users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/vmware-player-1.0.5.56455"
Release date
November 18, 2007
Latest revision
April 16, 2008: 03
Severity
normal
Exploitable
remote
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