Vulnerabilities > CVE-2007-5617 - Remote Security vulnerability in VMWare Player and Workstation
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
Unspecified vulnerability in VMware Player 1.0.x before 1.0.5 and 2.0 before 2.0.1, and Workstation 5.x before 5.5.5 and 6.x before 6.0.1, prevents it from launching, which has unspecified impact, related to untrusted virtual machine images.
Vulnerable Configurations
Nessus
NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-543-1.NASL description 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). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 28250 published 2007-11-16 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2007-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/28250 title Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 : linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17/20, vmware-player-kernel-2.6.15 vulnerabilities (USN-543-1) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-543-1. The text # itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See # <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. 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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). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. 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script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2007-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "linux_alt_patch_detect.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("ubuntu.inc"); include("ksplice.inc"); if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release"); if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu"); release = chomp(release); if (! ereg(pattern:"^(6\.06|6\.10|7\.04)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 6.06 / 6.10 / 7.04", "Ubuntu " + release); if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); 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if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"fglrx-control", pkgver:"8.28.8+2.6.17.9-12.4")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"fglrx-kernel-source", pkgver:"8.28.8+2.6.17.9-12.4")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-12-386", pkgver:"2.6.17.9-12.4")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17-12-generic", pkgver:"2.6.17.9-12.4")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"linux-restricted-modules-common", pkgver:"2.6.17.9-12.4")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"nvidia-glx", pkgver:"1.0.8776+2.6.17.9-12.4")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"nvidia-glx-dev", pkgver:"1.0.8776+2.6.17.9-12.4")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"nvidia-glx-legacy", pkgver:"1.0.7184+2.6.17.9-12.4")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"nvidia-glx-legacy-dev", pkgver:"1.0.7184+2.6.17.9-12.4")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"nvidia-kernel-source", pkgver:"1.0.8776+2.6.17.9-12.4")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"nvidia-legacy-kernel-source", pkgver:"1.0.7184+2.6.17.9-12.4")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"vmware-player-kernel-modules-2.6.17-12", pkgver:"2.6.17.9-12.4")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"xorg-driver-fglrx", pkgver:"7.1.0-8.28.8+2.6.17.9-12.4")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.10", pkgname:"xorg-driver-fglrx-dev", pkgver:"7.1.0-8.28.8+2.6.17.9-12.4")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"avm-fritz-firmware-2.6.20-16", pkgver:"3.11+2.6.20.6-16.30")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"avm-fritz-kernel-source", pkgver:"3.11+2.6.20.6-16.30")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"fglrx-control", pkgver:"8.34.8+2.6.20.6-16.30")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"fglrx-kernel-source", pkgver:"8.34.8+2.6.20.6-16.30")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20-16-386", pkgver:"2.6.20.6-16.30")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20-16-generic", pkgver:"2.6.20.6-16.30")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20-16-lowlatency", pkgver:"2.6.20.6-16.30")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"linux-restricted-modules-common", pkgver:"2.6.20.6-16.30")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"nvidia-glx", pkgver:"1.0.9631+2.6.20.6-16.30")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"nvidia-glx-dev", pkgver:"1.0.9631+2.6.20.6-16.30")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"nvidia-glx-legacy", pkgver:"1.0.7184+2.6.20.6-16.30")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"nvidia-glx-legacy-dev", pkgver:"1.0.7184+2.6.20.6-16.30")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"nvidia-glx-new", pkgver:"1.0.9755+2.6.20.6-16.30")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"nvidia-glx-new-dev", pkgver:"1.0.9755+2.6.20.6-16.30")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"nvidia-kernel-source", pkgver:"1.0.9631+2.6.20.6-16.30")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"nvidia-legacy-kernel-source", pkgver:"1.0.7184+2.6.20.6-16.30")) flag++; 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NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-200711-23.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200711-23 (VMware Workstation and Player: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in several VMware products. Neel Mehta and Ryan Smith (IBM ISS X-Force) discovered that the DHCP server contains an integer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2007-0062), an integer underflow vulnerability (CVE-2007-0063) and another error when handling malformed packets (CVE-2007-0061), leading to stack-based buffer overflows or stack corruption. Rafal Wojtczvk (McAfee) discovered two unspecified errors that allow authenticated users with administrative or login privileges on a guest operating system to corrupt memory or cause a Denial of Service (CVE-2007-4496, CVE-2007-4497). Another unspecified vulnerability related to untrusted virtual machine images was discovered (CVE-2007-5617). VMware products also shipped code copies of software with several vulnerabilities: Samba (GLSA-200705-15), BIND (GLSA-200702-06), MIT Kerberos 5 (GLSA-200707-11), Vixie Cron (GLSA-200704-11), shadow (GLSA-200606-02), OpenLDAP (CVE-2006-4600), PAM (CVE-2004-0813, CVE-2007-1716), GCC (CVE-2006-3619) and GDB (CVE-2006-4146). Impact : Remote attackers within a guest system could possibly exploit these vulnerabilities to execute code on the host system with elevated privileges or to cause a Denial of Service. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 28262 published 2007-11-20 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/28262 title GLSA-200711-23 : VMware Workstation and Player: Multiple vulnerabilities
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26890
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27706
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-23.xml
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229