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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200711-23 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: VMware Workstation and Player: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Date: November 18, 2007 |
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Bugs: #193196 |
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ID: 200711-23 |
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Synopsis |
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VMware guest operating systems might be able to execute arbitrary code |
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with elevated privileges on the host operating system through multiple |
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flaws. |
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Background |
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========== |
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VMware Workstation is a virtual machine for developers and system |
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administrators. VMware Player is a freeware virtualization software |
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that can run guests produced by other VMware products. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 vmware-workstation < 6.0.1.55017 *>= 5.5.5.56455 |
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>= 6.0.1.55017 |
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2 vmware-player < 2.0.1.55017 *>= 1.0.5.56455 |
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>= 2.0.1.55017 |
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2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures. |
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Description |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in several VMware |
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products. Neel Mehta and Ryan Smith (IBM ISS X-Force) discovered that |
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the DHCP server contains an integer overflow vulnerability |
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(CVE-2007-0062), an integer underflow vulnerability (CVE-2007-0063) and |
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another error when handling malformed packets (CVE-2007-0061), leading |
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to stack-based buffer overflows or stack corruption. Rafal Wojtczvk |
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(McAfee) discovered two unspecified errors that allow authenticated |
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users with administrative or login privileges on a guest operating |
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system to corrupt memory or cause a Denial of Service (CVE-2007-4496, |
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CVE-2007-4497). Another unspecified vulnerability related to untrusted |
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virtual machine images was discovered (CVE-2007-5617). |
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VMware products also shipped code copies of software with several |
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vulnerabilities: Samba (GLSA-200705-15), BIND (GLSA-200702-06), MIT |
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Kerberos 5 (GLSA-200707-11), Vixie Cron (GLSA-200704-11), shadow |
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(GLSA-200606-02), OpenLDAP (CVE-2006-4600), PAM (CVE-2004-0813, |
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CVE-2007-1716), GCC (CVE-2006-3619) and GDB (CVE-2006-4146). |
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Impact |
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Remote attackers within a guest system could possibly exploit these |
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vulnerabilities to execute code on the host system with elevated |
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privileges or to cause a Denial of Service. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All VMware Workstation users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose |
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">=app-emulation/vmware-workstation-5.5.5.56455" |
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All VMware Player users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose |
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">=app-emulation/vmware-player-1.0.5.56455" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2004-0813 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0813 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2006-3619 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3619 |
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[ 3 ] CVE-2006-4146 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4146 |
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[ 4 ] CVE-2006-4600 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4600 |
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[ 5 ] CVE-2007-0061 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0061 |
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[ 6 ] CVE-2007-0062 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0062 |
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[ 7 ] CVE-2007-0063 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0063 |
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[ 8 ] CVE-2007-1716 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1716 |
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[ 9 ] CVE-2007-4496 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4496 |
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[ 10 ] CVE-2007-4497 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4497 |
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[ 11 ] CVE-2007-5617 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5617 |
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[ 12 ] GLSA-200606-02 |
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http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-02.xml |
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[ 13 ] GLSA-200702-06 |
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http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200702-06.xml |
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[ 14 ] GLSA-200704-11 |
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http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200704-11.xml |
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[ 15 ] GLSA-200705-15 |
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http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-15.xml |
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[ 16 ] GLSA-200707-11 |
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http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200707-11.xml |
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[ 17 ] VMSA-2007-0006 |
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http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2007/000001.html |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-23.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |
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