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diff --git a/glsa-200711-23.xml b/glsa-200711-23.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d5ec6e4e --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-200711-23.xml @@ -0,0 +1,112 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200711-23"> + <title>VMware Workstation and Player: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> + <synopsis> + VMware guest operating systems might be able to execute arbitrary code with + elevated privileges on the host operating system through multiple flaws. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">vmware-workstation vmware-player</product> + <announced>November 18, 2007</announced> + <revised>April 16, 2008: 03</revised> + <bug>193196</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="app-emulation/vmware-workstation" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">5.5.5.56455</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">5.5.5.56455</vulnerable> + <vulnerable range="eq">6.0.0.45731</vulnerable> + </package> + <package name="app-emulation/vmware-player" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.0.5.56455</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.0.5.56455</vulnerable> + <vulnerable range="eq">2.0.0.45731</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + VMware Workstation is a virtual machine for developers and system + administrators. VMware Player is a freeware virtualization software + that can run guests produced by other VMware products. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in several VMware + products. Neel Mehta and Ryan Smith (IBM ISS X-Force) discovered that + the DHCP server contains an integer overflow vulnerability + (CVE-2007-0062), an integer underflow vulnerability (CVE-2007-0063) and + another error when handling malformed packets (CVE-2007-0061), leading + to stack-based buffer overflows or stack corruption. Rafal Wojtczvk + (McAfee) discovered two unspecified errors that allow authenticated + users with administrative or login privileges on a guest operating + system to corrupt memory or cause a Denial of Service (CVE-2007-4496, + CVE-2007-4497). Another unspecified vulnerability related to untrusted + virtual machine images was discovered (CVE-2007-5617). + </p> + <p> + VMware products also shipped code copies of software with several + vulnerabilities: Samba (GLSA-200705-15), BIND (GLSA-200702-06), MIT + Kerberos 5 (GLSA-200707-11), Vixie Cron (GLSA-200704-11), shadow + (GLSA-200606-02), OpenLDAP (CVE-2006-4600), PAM (CVE-2004-0813, + CVE-2007-1716), GCC (CVE-2006-3619) and GDB (CVE-2006-4146). + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + Remote attackers within a guest system could possibly exploit these + vulnerabilities to execute code on the host system with elevated + privileges or to cause a Denial of Service. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All VMware Workstation users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/vmware-workstation-5.5.5.56455"</code> + <p> + All VMware Player users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/vmware-player-1.0.5.56455"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0813">CVE-2004-0813</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3619">CVE-2006-3619</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4146">CVE-2006-4146</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4600">CVE-2006-4600</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0061">CVE-2007-0061</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0062">CVE-2007-0062</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0063">CVE-2007-0063</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1716">CVE-2007-1716</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4496">CVE-2007-4496</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4497">CVE-2007-4497</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5617">CVE-2007-5617</uri> + <uri link="/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-02.xml">GLSA-200606-02</uri> + <uri link="/security/en/glsa/glsa-200702-06.xml">GLSA-200702-06</uri> + <uri link="/security/en/glsa/glsa-200704-11.xml">GLSA-200704-11</uri> + <uri link="/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-15.xml">GLSA-200705-15</uri> + <uri link="/security/en/glsa/glsa-200707-11.xml">GLSA-200707-11</uri> + <uri link="http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2007/000001.html">VMSA-2007-0006</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed, 07 Nov 2007 01:24:32 +0000"> + rbu + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:06:33 +0000"> + rbu + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:43:42 +0000"> + rbu + </metadata> +</glsa> |