Secunia Security Advisory - VMware has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in VMware ESX Server, which can be exploited by malicious, local users in a guest virtual machine to gain escalated privileges and by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise the vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
VMware ESX Server Multiple Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA48959
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RELEASE DATE:
2012-04-27
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DESCRIPTION:
VMware has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in VMware ESX Server,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users in a guest virtual
machine to gain escalated privileges and by malicious people to cause
a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise the vulnerable
system.
For more information:
SA42175
SA44711
SA45325
SA45695
SA46632
SA47967
The vulnerabilities are reported in versions 4.1 and 4.0.
SOLUTION:
Apply patches.
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
VMSA-2012-0008:
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0008.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
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http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/
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EXTENDED SOLUTION:
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EXPLOIT:
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