CVE-2009-4811

Summary

CVECVE-2009-4811
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-04-27 15:30:00 UTC
Updated2013-05-15 03:04:00 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\x90 sequence in the USER and PASS commands, a related issue to CVE-2009-3707. 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

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
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 Patch, Vendor Advisory
Free Text Host - The Anonymous Text Hosting Service - No Registration Required MISC freetexthost.com Exploit
NEOHAPSIS - Peace of Mind Through Integrity and Insight BUGTRAQ archives.neohapsis.com
VMSA-2010-0007.1 MISC www.vmware.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
VMware Player and Workstation 'vmware-authd' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit
pocoftheday MISC pocoftheday.blogspot.com Exploit
NEOHAPSIS - Peace of Mind Through Integrity and Insight FULLDISC archives.neohapsis.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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