CVE-2009-3707

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Vmware
Status
Player
Ace
Workstation
Server
Vendor
CVE Published:
16 October 2009

Summary

VMware Authentication Daemon 1.0 in vmware-authd.exe in the VMware Authorization Service in VMware Workstation 7.0 before 7.0.1 build 227600 and 6.5.x before 6.5.4 build 246459, VMware Player 3.0 before 3.0.1 build 227600 and 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459, VMware ACE 2.6 before 2.6.1 build 227600 and 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459, and VMware Server 2.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via a \x25\xFF sequence in the USER and PASS commands, related to a "format string DoS" issue. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

References

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://secunia.com/advisories/39206
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36630
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

EPSS Score

38% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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