CVE-2007-0062

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-0062
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-09-21 19:17:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in the ISC dhcpd 3.0.x before 3.0.7 and 3.1.x before 3.1.1; and the DHCP server in EMC VMware Workstation before 5.5.5 Build 56455 and 6.x before 6.0.1 Build 55017, Player before 1.0.5 Build 56455 and Player 2 before 2.0.1 Build 55017, ACE before 1.0.3 Build 54075 and ACE 2 before 2.0.1 Build 55017, and Server before 1.0.4 Build 56528; allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or execute arbitrary code via a malformed DHCP packet with a large dhcp-max-message-size that triggers a stack-based buffer overflow, related to servers configured to send many DHCP options to clients.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vmware Ace 1.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2.0 All All All
Application Vmware Player 1.0.4 All All All
Application Vmware Player 2.0 All All All
Application Vmware Server 1.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 6.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 3.4 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 4.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 4.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 4.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 4.5.2 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 5.5.0_build_13124 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 5.5.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 5.5.1_build_19175 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 5.5.3_build_34685 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 5.5.3_build_42958 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 5.5.4 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 5.5.4_build_44386 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 6.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Advisories:rPSA-2009-0041 - rPath Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
Bug 339561 – CVE-2007-0062 dhcpd possible DoS via large max-message-size option af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
VMware Player Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Patch
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:005 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
VMWare DHCP Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Patch
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- VMware Workstation and Player: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
[Full-Disclosure] Mailing List Charter af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.grok.org.uk
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:153 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
ISC DHCP: Denial of Service — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
VMware Server Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
USN-543-1: VMWare vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
rPath update for dhclient, dhcp, and libdhcp4client - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
VMware ACE Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Patch
Gentoo update for vmware - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo update for dhcp - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
VMware DHCP Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
VMware Workstation 6 Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Patch
VMware Player Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Patch
Gentoo Bug 227135 - net-misc/dhcp <3.1.1 dhcp-max-message-size DoS (CVE-2007-0062) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
Ubuntu update for vmware - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
VMware Workstation 5.5 Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Patch
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
VMWare Products Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
VMware Workstation DHCP Server Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
VMware ACE Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2008-06-03Mark J CoxThe Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact. The risks associated with fixing this bug are greater than the low severity security risk. We therefore currently have no plans to fix this flaw in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2007-0062

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