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Secunia Security Advisory 31707

Secunia Security Advisory 31707
Posted Sep 3, 2008
Authored by Secunia | Site secunia.com

Secunia Security Advisory - VMware has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in VMware Workstation, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges and by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a user's system.

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Secunia Security Advisory 31707

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TITLE:
VMware Workstation Multiple Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31707

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31707/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation, DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
VMware Workstation 6.x
http://secunia.com/product/14321/
VMware Workstation 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/5080/

DESCRIPTION:
VMware has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in VMware Workstation,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated
privileges and by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service)
and potentially compromise a user's system.

1) Various vulnerabilities are caused due to unspecified errors
within certain ActiveX controls. These can be exploited to e.g.
execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a malicious
website.

2) An unspecified error related to "OpenProcess" can be exploited by
malicious, local users on a host system to gain escalated privileges
on the host system.

This vulnerability affects VMware Workstation 5.x for Windows only.

3) Some vulnerabilities in freetype can potentially be exploited by
malicious people to compromise an application using the library.

For more information:
SA30600

4) A vulnerability in cairo can potentially be exploited by malicious
people to compromise an application using the library.

For more information:
SA27880

This vulnerability affects VMware Workstation 6.x for Linux only.

SOLUTION:
VMware Workstation 5.x:
Update to version 5.5.8 build 108000 or later.
http://www.vmware.com/download/ws/ws5.html

VMware Workstation 6.x:
Update to version 6.0.5 build 109488 or later.
http://www.vmware.com/download/ws/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
1) The vendor credits Julien Bachmann, Shennan Wang, Shinnai, and
Michal Bucko
2) The vendor credits Sun Bing, McAfee

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-August/064118.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA27880:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27880/

SA30600:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30600/

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About:
This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help
everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest
vulnerabilities.

Subscribe:
http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/

Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.)
http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/


Please Note:
Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by
clicking the link.
Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories.
Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only
use those supplied by the vendor.

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