CVE-2008-1340

Summary

CVECVE-2008-1340
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-03-20 00:44:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-11 20:31:00 UTC
DescriptionVirtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI) in VMware Workstation 6.0.x before 6.0.3, VMware Player 2.0.x before 2.0.3, and VMware ACE 2.0.x before 2.0.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via crafted VMCI calls that trigger "memory exhaustion and memory corruption."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vmware Ace 1.0 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2.0 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 1.0 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2.0 All All All
Application Vmware Player 1.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Player 1.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Player 1.0.4 All All All
Application Vmware Player 1.0.5 All All All
Application Vmware Player 2.0 All All All
Application Vmware Player 2.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Player 2.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Player 1.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Player 1.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Player 1.0.4 All All All
Application Vmware Player 1.0.5 All All All
Application Vmware Player 2.0 All All All
Application Vmware Player 2.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Player 2.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Server 1.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Server 1.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Server 1.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Server 1.0.4 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Server 1.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Server 1.0.4 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 5.5.5 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 6.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 6.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 5.5.5 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 6.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 6.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 5.5 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
Application Vmware Workstation 5.5 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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VMware Workstation 6 Release Notes CONFIRM www.vmware.com Patch
VMware Player Release Notes CONFIRM www.vmware.com Patch
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- VMware Player, Server, Workstation: Multiple vulnerabilities GENTOO security.gentoo.org
VMSA-2008-0005.1 - VMware CONFIRM www.vmware.com Patch
[Security-announce] VMSA-2008-0005 Updated VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware Server, VMware ACE, and VMware Fusion resolve critical security issues MLIST lists.vmware.com Patch
SecurityTracker.com Archives - VMware Virtual Machine Communication Interface Memory Corruption Flaw Lets Local Users Deny Service SECTRACK securitytracker.com
VMware ACE Release Notes CONFIRM www.vmware.com Patch
SecurityReason - VMware Player, VMware Server, VMware ACE, and VMware Fusion resolve critical security issues SREASON securityreason.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
VMware Server 1.0.5 and Workstation 6.0.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
VMware Products Multiple Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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