CVE-2009-0177

Summary

CVECVE-2009-0177
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-01-20 16:00:09 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionvmwarebase.dll, as used in the vmware-authd service (aka vmware-authd.exe), in VMware Workstation 6.5.1 build 126130, 6.5.1 and earlier; VMware Player 2.5.1 build 126130, 2.5.1 and earlier; VMware ACE 2.5.1 and earlier; VMware Server 2.0.x before 2.0.1 build 156745; and VMware Fusion before 2.0.2 build 147997 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long (1) USER or (2) PASS command.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vmware Ace 2.5.0 All All All
Application Vmware Ace All All All All
Application Vmware Fusion All All All All
Application Vmware Server 2.0.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 1.0.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 1.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 1.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 1.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 1.0.4 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 1.0.6 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 1.0.7 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 1.0.8 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 1.0.9 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 1.05 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 2.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 2.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 2.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 2.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 2.0.4 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 2.0.5 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player 2.5 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Player All All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 4.5.3 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 5.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 5.5.0 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 5.5.1 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 5.5.2 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 5.5.3 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 5.5.4 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 5.5.5 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 5.5.6 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 5.5.7 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 5.5.8 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 6.0 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 6.0.3 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 6.0.4 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 6.0.5 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation 6.5 All All All
Application Vmware Vmware Workstation All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
osvdb.org/51180 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
[Security-announce] VMSA-2009-0005 VMware Hosted products, VI Client and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve multiple security issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.vmware.com Patch
VMware Hosted Products VMSA-2009-0005 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
VMware Products Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - VMware authd Service Lets Remote Users Deny Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
VMSA-2009-0005 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
VMware <= 2.5.1 (Vmware-authd) Remote Denial of Service Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
Full Disclosure: VMSA-2009-0005 VMware Hosted products, VI Client and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve multiple security issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Patch
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
VMware Fusion "vmware-authd" Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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