National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-0177

Overview

vmwarebase.dll, as used in the vmware-authd service (aka vmware-authd.exe), in VMware Workstation 6.5.1 build 126130, 6.5.1 and earlier; VMware Player 2.5.1 build 126130, 2.5.1 and earlier; VMware ACE 2.5.1 and earlier; VMware Server 2.0.x before 2.0.1 build 156745; and VMware Fusion before 2.0.2 build 147997 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long (1) USER or (2) PASS command.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0005.html

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0005.html

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-0024

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2009/0024

External Source: FULLDISC

Name: 20090403 VMSA-2009-0005 VMware Hosted products, VI Client and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve multiple security issues

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Apr/0036.html

External Source: MLIST

Name: [security-announce] 20090403 VMSA-2009-0005 VMware Hosted products, VI Client and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve multiple security issues

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000054.html

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-0944

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0944

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1021512

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021512

External Source: BID

Name: 34373

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34373

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 34601

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34601

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33372

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33372

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 51180

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/51180

External Source: MILW0RM

Name: 7647

Hyperlink:http://milw0rm.com/exploits/7647