CVE-2009-0177

Summary

CVECVE-2009-0177
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-01-20 16:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-10-19 01:30:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vmware Ace 2.5.0 All All All
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 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 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 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

References

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