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VMware Products 'vmware-vmx' Information Disclosure Vulnerability (Windows)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

General

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

14 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

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Summary

The host is installed with VMWare products and are prone to information disclosure vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

The flaw is due to error in 'virtual networking stack' when interacting between the guest OS and host 'vmware-vmx' process, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from memory on the host OS by examining received network packets.

Affected Software

Affected Software

VMware Server 2.x, Vmware Player 3.0 before 3.0.1 build 227600, VMware Player 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459, VMware Workstation 7.0 before 7.0.1 build 227600, VMware Workstation 6.5.x before 6.5.4 build 246459 and VMware ACE 2.6 before 2.6.1 build 227600 and 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459

Solution

Solution

Apply updates.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)

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