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VMware Products UDF File Systems Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (Linux)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Buffer overflow

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

9.3

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

12 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

The host is installed with VMWare products and are prone to buffer overflow vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

The flaw is due to an error when handling UDF filesystem images.This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a specially crafted ISO image file.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Vmware Player version 3.0 before 3.1.5, VMware Workstation version 7.0 before 7.1.5

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to Vmware Player version 3.1.5 or later Upgrade to Vmware Workstation version 7.1.5 or later

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)