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VMware Server Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA29412
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Release Date:
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2008-03-17
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Last Update:
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2008-03-18
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass Privilege escalation DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | VMware Server 1.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2006-2940 (Secunia mirror) CVE-2006-2937 (Secunia mirror) CVE-2006-4343 (Secunia mirror) CVE-2006-4339 (Secunia mirror) CVE-2007-5269 (Secunia mirror) CVE-2007-5618 (Secunia mirror) CVE-2008-1361 (Secunia mirror) CVE-2008-1362 (Secunia mirror) CVE-2008-1363 (Secunia mirror) CVE-2008-1364 (Secunia mirror)
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Description: Some vulnerabilities have been reported in VMware Server, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges or to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and potentially by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions or to cause a DoS.
1) An unspecified error in "authd" can be exploited to gain escalated privileges by causing the "authd" process to connect to a named pipe that is opened and controlled by a malicious, local user.
2) An unspecified error when handling insecurely created named pipe objects can be exploited to gain escalated privileges or to cause a DoS.
3) Two vulnerabilities are caused due to insecure file permissions on the "config.ini" file, which can be exploited to e.g. gain escalated privileges.
4) Some vulnerabilities in OpenSSL can potentially be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions or to cause a DoS.
For more information:
SA21709
SA22130
5) Some vulnerabilities in libpng can potentially be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS.
For more information:
SA27093
6) Improper registered services can be exploited to gain escalated privileges on Windows 2000 hosts.
This is related to vulnerability #6 in:
SA26890
7) An unspecified error in the DHCP service can be exploited to cause a DoS.
The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 1.0.5.
Do you have this product installed on your home computer? Scan using the free Personal Software Inspector. Check if a vulnerable version is installed on computers in your corporate network, scan using the Network Software Inspector.
Solution: Update to version 1.0.5.
www.vmware.com/download/server/
Provided and/or discovered by: 6) The vendor credits Ray Hicken.
7) The vendor credits Martin O'Neal.
Changelog: 2008-03-18: Updated "Description" section with additional information from the vendor. Added link to "Original Advisory" section.
Original Advisory: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html
Other References: SA21709:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21709/
SA22130:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22130/
SA26890:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26890/
SA27093:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27093/
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Please note: The information that this Secunia Advisory is based on comes from a third party unless stated otherwise.
Secunia collects, validates, and verifies all vulnerability reports issued by security research groups, vendors, and others.
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3. VMware Products Multiple Vulnerabilities
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4. VMware vmware-config.pl Insecure SSL Key File Permissions
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