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VMware Player Multiple Vulnerabilities

Secunia Advisory:

SA31709

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Release Date:

2008-09-01

Last Update:

2008-10-06

Popularity:

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Critical:

Highly critical

Impact:

DoS
System access
Privilege escalation

Where:

From remote

Solution Status:

Vendor Patch

Software:

VMware Player 1.x
VMware Player 2.x

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Solution:
VMware Player 1.x:
Update to version 1.0.8 build 108000 or later.

VMware Player 2.x:
Update to version 2.0.5 build 109488 or later.

http://www.vmware.com/download/player/

Provided and/or discovered by:
1) The vendor credits Julien Bachmann, Shennan Wang, Shinnai, and Michal Bucko
2) The vendor credits Sun Bing, McAfee
5) The vendor credits Derek Soeder.

Changelog:
2008-10-06: Added vulnerability #5 to the advisory. Updated credits and the "Original Advisory" section.

Original Advisory:
VMware:
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0014.html
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html

Derek Soeder:
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-October/064860.html

Other References:
SA30600:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30600/

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