Executive Summary



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Summary
Title VMWare vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-543-1 First vendor Publication 2007-11-15
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2007-11-15
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:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 10 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
vmware-player-kernel-modules-2.6.15-29 2.6.15.11-13

Ubuntu 6.10:
vmware-player-kernel-modules-2.6.17-12 2.6.17.9-12.4

Ubuntu 7.04:
vmware-player-kernel-modules-2.6.20-16 2.6.20.6-16.30
vmware-server-kernel-modules-2.6.20-16 2.6.20.6-16.30
vmware-tools-kernel-modules-2.6.20-16 2.6.20.6-16.30

After a standard system upgrade you need to reboot your computer to effect the necessary changes.

Details follow:

Neel Mehta and Ryan Smith discovered that the VMWare Player DHCP server did not correctly handle certain packet structures. Remote attackers could send specially crafted packets and gain root privileges. (CVE-2007-0061, CVE-2007-0062, CVE-2007-0063)

Rafal Wojtczvk discovered multiple memory corruption issues in VMWare Player. Attackers with administrative privileges in a guest operating system could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host operating system. (CVE-2007-4496, CVE-2007-4497)

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-543-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
33 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
17 % CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
17 % CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
17 % CWE-191 Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)
17 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16767
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16767
Title: USN-543-1 -- linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17/20, vmware-player-kernel-2.6.15 vulnerabilities
Description: Neel Mehta and Ryan Smith discovered that the VMWare Player DHCP server did not correctly handle certain packet structures.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-543-1
CVE-2007-0061
CVE-2007-0062
CVE-2007-0063
CVE-2007-4496
CVE-2007-4497
 Version: 8
Platform(s): Ubuntu 6.06
Ubuntu 6.10
Ubuntu 7.04
 Product(s): linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20
vmware-player-kernel-2.6.15
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 14
Application 12
Application 9
Application 1
Application 43
Os 3
Os 6

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-12-10 Name : Mandriva Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:312 (dhcp)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_312.nasl
2009-10-13 Name : SLES10: Security update for DHCP
File : nvt/sles10_dhcp0.nasl
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for DHCP
File : nvt/sles9p5043200.nasl
2009-07-29 Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:153 (dhcp)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_153.nasl
2009-07-29 Name : Ubuntu USN-805-1 (ruby1.9)
File : nvt/ubuntu_805_1.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17/20, vmware-player-kernel-2...
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_543_1.nasl
2009-03-02 Name : SuSE Security Summary SUSE-SR:2009:005
File : nvt/suse_sr_2009_005.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200711-23 (vmware-workstation vmware-player)
File : nvt/glsa_200711_23.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200808-05 (dhcp)
File : nvt/glsa_200808_05.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
40096 VMware Multiple Products Guest Image Login Unspecified DoS
40095 VMware Multiple Products Unspecified Administrative Memory Corruption Guest I...
40094 VMware Multiple Products DHCP Server Packet Handling Multiple Remote Overflows
40093 VMware Multiple Products DHCP Server Remote Memory Corruption Arbitrary Code ...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2009-12-04 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-312.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24 Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse9_12347.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_dhcp-5975.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-27 Name : The remote VMware ESX host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : vmware_VMSA-2007-0006.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_0_dhcp-090126.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-20 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-153.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-02-19 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_dhcp-5958.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-08-07 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200808-05.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-20 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200711-23.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-16 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-543-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-25 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2007-0970.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-04 Name : The remote Windows host has an application that is affected by multiple issues.
File : vmware_ws_server_multiple.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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