Vulnerability CVE-2009-0177
Published: 2009-01-20   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
vmwarebase.dll, as used in the vmware-authd service (aka vmware-authd.exe), in VMware Workstation 6.5.1 build 126130, 6.5.1 and earlier; VMware Player 2.5.1 build 126130, 2.5.1 and earlier; VMware ACE 2.5.1 and earlier; VMware Server 2.0.x before 2.0.1 build 156745; and VMware Fusion before 2.0.2 build 147997 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long (1) USER or (2) PASS command.

Type:

CWE-399

 (Resource Management Errors)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Vmware -> ACE 
Vmware -> Fusion 
Vmware -> Server 
Vmware -> Vmware player 
Vmware -> Vmware workstation 

 References:
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0005.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Apr/0036.html
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000054.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0944
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0024
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021512
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34373
http://secunia.com/advisories/34601
http://secunia.com/advisories/33372
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6433
http://osvdb.org/51180
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/7647
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