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>> VMware Products Code Execution and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in various VMware products, which could be exploited by attackers to bypass security restrictions, disclose sensitive information, cause a denial of service or compromise a vulnerable system.
The first issue is caused by unspecified errors in various ActiveX controls, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code.
The second vulnerability is caused by an error in the Internet Server Application Programming Interface (ISAPI) when processing malformed requests, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service.
The third issue is caused by an unspecified error related to OpenProcess, which could be exploited to gain elevated privileges on host systems.
The fourth weakness is caused due to the VMware Consolidated Backup command-line utilities accepting the user password through the -p command-line option, which could allow malicious users logged into the service console could gain access to the username and password used by VCB command-line utilities when such commands are running.
Other vulnerabilities related to FreeType, Cairo, libpng, and bind have been reported. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2007-3390 - VUPEN/ADV-2007-4045 - VUPEN/ADV-2008-1794 - VUPEN/ADV-2008-2023
Affected Products
VMware Workstation version 6.0.4 and prior
VMware Workstation version 5.5.7 and prior
VMware Player version 2.0.4 and prior
VMware Player version 1.0.7 and prior
VMware ACE version 2.0.4 and prior
VMware ACE version 1.0.6 and prior
VMware Server 1.0.6 and prior
VMware ESX version 3.0.3
VMware ESX version 3.0.2
VMware ESX version 3.0.1
Solution
Apply patches :
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000033.html
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2466
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000033.html
Credits
Vulnerabilities reported by Julien Bachmann, Shennan Wang, Shinnai, Michal Bucko, Juniper Networks J-Security Security Research Team, and Sun Bing (McAfee).
ChangeLog
2008-09-02 : Initial release
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