Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200711-23 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in several VMware products. Neel Mehta and Ryan Smith (IBM ISS X-Force) discovered that the DHCP server contains an integer overflow vulnerability, an integer underflow vulnerability and another error when handling malformed packets, leading to stack-based buffer overflows or stack corruption. Rafal Wojtczvk (McAfee) discovered two unspecified errors that allow authenticated users with administrative or login privileges on a guest operating system to corrupt memory or cause a Denial of Service. Another unspecified vulnerability related to untrusted virtual machine images was discovered. Versions less than 6.0.1.55017 are affected.
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Ubuntu Security Notice 543-1 - Neel Mehta and Ryan Smith discovered that the VMWare Player DHCP server did not correctly handle certain packet structures. Remote attackers could send specially crafted packets and gain root privileges. Rafal Wojtczvk discovered multiple memory corruption issues in VMWare Player. Attackers with administrative privileges in a guest operating system could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host operating system.
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VMware Security Advisory - Updates have been released for arbitrary code execution, denial of service, and other various vulnerabilities in VMware.
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