CVE-2009-3707

Summary

CVECVE-2009-3707
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-10-16 16:30:00 UTC
Updated2013-05-15 03:01:00 UTC
DescriptionVMware Authentication Daemon 1.0 in vmware-authd.exe in the VMware Authorization Service in VMware Workstation 7.0 before 7.0.1 build 227600 and 6.5.x before 6.5.4 build 246459, VMware Player 3.0 before 3.0.1 build 227600 and 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459, VMware ACE 2.6 before 2.6.1 build 227600 and 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459, and VMware Server 2.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via a \x25\xFF sequence in the USER and PASS commands, related to a "format string DoS" issue. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-134

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vmware Ace 2.5.0 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2.5.1 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2.5.2 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2.5.3 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2.5.4 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2.6 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2.6.1 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2.5.0 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2.5.1 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2.5.2 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2.5.3 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2.5.4 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2.6 All All All
Application Vmware Ace 2.6.1 All All All
Application Vmware Player 2.5 All All All
Application Vmware Player 2.5.1 All All All
Application Vmware Player 2.5.2 All All All
Application Vmware Player 2.5.3 All All All
Application Vmware Player 2.5.4 All All All
Application Vmware Player 3.0 All All All
Application Vmware Player 3.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Player 2.5 All All All
Application Vmware Player 2.5.1 All All All
Application Vmware Player 2.5.2 All All All
Application Vmware Player 2.5.3 All All All
Application Vmware Player 2.5.4 All All All
Application Vmware Player 3.0 All All All
Application Vmware Player 3.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Server 2.0.0 All All All
Application Vmware Server 2.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Server 2.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Server 2.0.0 All All All
Application Vmware Server 2.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Server 2.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 6.5.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 6.5.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 6.5.2 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 6.5.3 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 6.5.4 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 7.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 7.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 6.5.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 6.5.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 6.5.2 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 6.5.3 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 6.5.4 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 7.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 7.0.1 All All All

References

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VMware Server Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com
VMware Products Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- VMware Player, Server, Workstation: Multiple vulnerabilities GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[Security-announce] VMSA-2010-0007 VMware hosted products, vCenter Server and ESX patches resolve multiple security issues MLIST lists.vmware.com
www.shinnai.net/xplits/TXT_JtYUv6C6j5b6Bw6iIkF4.html MISC www.shinnai.net Exploit
About Secunia Research | Flexera SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - VMware Authorization Service Lets Remote Users Deny Service SECTRACK securitytracker.com
NEOHAPSIS - Peace of Mind Through Integrity and Insight BUGTRAQ archives.neohapsis.com
www.shinnai.net/exploits/abFwcLOuFqmD20yqhYpQ.txt MISC www.shinnai.net
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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