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HistoryNov 15, 2007 - 12:00 a.m.

VMWare vulnerabilities

2007-11-1500:00:00
ubuntu.com
38

CVSS2

10

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

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

AI Score

7.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.291

Percentile

97.0%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 7.04
  • Ubuntu 6.10
  • Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

  • linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17 -
  • linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20 -
  • vmware-player-kernel-2.6.15 -

Details

Neel Mehta and Ryan Smith discovered that the VMWare Player DHCP server
did not correctly handle certain packet structures. Remote attackers
could send specially crafted packets and gain root privileges.
(CVE-2007-0061, CVE-2007-0062, CVE-2007-0063)

Rafal Wojtczvk discovered multiple memory corruption issues in VMWare
Player. Attackers with administrative privileges in a guest operating
system could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary
code on the host operating system. (CVE-2007-4496, CVE-2007-4497)

CVSS2

10

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

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

AI Score

7.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.291

Percentile

97.0%