VMware Player And Workstation 'vmware-authd' Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Publish date: July 21, 2015
  Severity: MEDIUM
  CVE Identifier: CVE-2009-3707
  Advisory Date: JUL 21, 2015

  DESCRIPTION

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.

  TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION

Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.

  SOLUTION

  Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1004102
  Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1004102 - VMware Player And Workstation 'vmware-authd' Remote Denial Of Service

  AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION

  • vmware ace 2.5.0
  • vmware ace 2.5.1
  • vmware ace 2.5.2
  • vmware ace 2.5.3
  • vmware ace 2.5.4
  • vmware ace 2.6
  • vmware ace 2.6.1
  • vmware player 2.5
  • vmware player 2.5.1
  • vmware player 2.5.2
  • vmware player 2.5.3
  • vmware player 2.5.4
  • vmware player 3.0
  • vmware player 3.0.1
  • vmware server 2.0.0
  • vmware server 2.0.1
  • vmware server 2.0.2
  • vmware workstation 6.5.0
  • vmware workstation 6.5.1
  • vmware workstation 6.5.3
  • vmware workstation 6.5.4
  • vmware workstation 7.0
  • vmware workstation 7.0.1

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