Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title VMware Fusion resolves two security issues
Informations
Name VMSA-2009-0013 First vendor Publication 2009-10-01
Vendor VMware Last vendor Modification 2009-10-01
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

a. Kernel code execution vulnerability

An file permission problem in the vmx86 kernel extension allows for executing arbitrary code in the host system kernel context by an unprivileged user on the host system.

VMware would like to thank Neil Kettle of Convergent Network Solutions for reporting this issue to us.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2009-3281 to this issue.

b. Kernel denial of service vulnerability

An integer overflow vulnerability in the vmx86 kernel extension allows for a denial of service of the host by an unprivileged user on the host system.

VMware would like to thank Neil Kettle of Convergent Network Solutions for reporting this issue to us.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2009-3282 to this issue.

To remediate the above issues update your product using the table below.

b. Kernel denial of service vulnerability

An integer overflow vulnerability in the vmx86 kernel extension allows for a denial of service of the host by an unprivileged user on the host system.

VMware would like to thank Neil Kettle of Convergent Network Solutions for reporting this issue to us.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2009-3282 to this issue.

To remediate the above issues update your product using the table below.

Original Source

Url : http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0013.html

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
50 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 15

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
58476 VMware Fusion vmx86 Kernel Extension Unspecified Overflow DoS

VMware Fusion contains a flaw that may allow a local denial of service. The issue is triggered when an integer overflow error in the 'vmx86 kernel' extension occurs, and will result in loss of availability.
58475 VMware Fusion vmx86 Kernel Extension File Permission Error Arbitrary Code Exe...

VMware Fusion contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to execute arbitrary code. The issue is triggered by a file permission error in the vmx86 kernel. It is possible that the flaw may allow arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2009-10-02 Name : The remote host has an application that is affected by two security issues.
File : macosx_fusion_2_0_6.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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