Secunia Security Advisory - Some vulnerabilities have been reported in VMware Server, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges and potentially by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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TITLE:
VMware Workstation Multiple Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29413
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29413/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Privilege escalation, DoS
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
VMware Workstation 6.x
http://secunia.com/product/14321/
DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in VMware Server, which can
be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges
and potentially by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).
1) A vulnerability in "authd" can be exploited by malicious, local
users to gain escalated privileges.
For more information:
SA22130
2) Some vulnerabilities in OpenSSL can potentially be exploited by
malicious people to cause a DoS.
For more information:
SA29412
The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 6.0.3.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 6.0.3.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA22130:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22130/
SA29412:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29412/
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