VMware Workstation Guest System Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:25731

Info

VMware Workstation Guest System Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 25731
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2007-4497
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Sep 19 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 19 2007 03:34PM
Credit: Rafal Wojtczvk is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: VMWare Workstation for Linux 0
VMWare Workstation 6.0
VMWare Workstation 5.5.4 build 44386
VMWare Workstation 5.5.3 build 42958
VMWare Workstation 5.5.3 build 34685
VMWare Workstation 5.5.1 Build 19175
VMWare Workstation 5.5.1
VMWare Workstation 5.0 .0 build-13124
VMWare Workstation 4.5.2
VMWare Workstation 4.5.2
VMWare Workstation 4.0.2
VMWare Workstation 4.0.1
VMWare Workstation 4.0
VMWare Workstation 3.4
VMWare Workstation 3.2.1 patch 1
VMWare Workstation 5.5.4 Build 44386
VMWare ESX Server 3.0.1
VMWare ESX Server 3.0
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.4 Patch 5
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.4 Patch 3
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.4 Patch 1
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.4
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.3 Patch 8
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.3 Patch 7
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.3 Patch 6
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.3 Patch 5
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.3 Patch 4
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.3
VMWare ESX Server 2.1.3 Patch 5
VMWare ESX Server 2.1.3 Patch 4
VMWare ESX Server 2.1.3 Patch 2
VMWare ESX Server 2.1.3
VMWare ESX Server 2.0.2 Patch 5
VMWare ESX Server 2.0.2 Patch 4
VMWare ESX Server 2.0.2 Patch 2
VMWare ESX Server 2.0.2
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.3 Patch 2
VMWare ESX Server 2.1.3 Patch 1
VMWare ESX Server 2.0.2 Patch 1
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS amd64
Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable: VMWare Workstation 6.0.1
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.4 Patch 10
VMWare ESX Server 2.5.3 Patch 13
VMWare ESX Server 2.1.3 Patch 8
VMWare ESX Server 2.0.2 Patch 8

Discussion

VMware Workstation Guest System Denial Of Service Vulnerability

VMware Workstation is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

An unprivileged attacker in a guest operating system could cause a host process to become unresponsive or to crash, effectively denying service to legitimate users.

Exploit / POC

VMware Workstation Guest System Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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Solution / Fix

VMware Workstation Guest System Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released updates to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.

References

VMware Workstation Guest System Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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