-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 - ------------------------------------------------------------------- VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2007-0004.1 Synopsis: Updated: Multiple Denial-of-Service issues fixed and directory traversal vulnerability Issue date: 2007-05-04 Updated on: 2007-05-17 CVE numbers: CVE-2007-1069 CVE-2007-1337 CVE-2007-1877 CVE-2007-1876 CVE-2007-1744 - ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Summary: Multiple Denial-of-Service issues fixed. A directory traversal vulnerability is also addressed. 2. Relevant releases: VMware Workstation prior to 5.5.4 VMware Player prior to 1.0.4 VMware Server prior to 1.0.3 VMware ACE prior to 1.0.3 VMware ESX 3.0.1 without patches ESX-6856573, ESX-6431040, ESX-6704314, ESX-5095559. VMware ESX 3.0.0 without patches ESX-3496682, ESX-5754280, ESX-1256636, ESX-7104553. VMware ESX 2.5.4 prior to upgrade patch 8 (Build# 44671) VMware ESX 2.5.3 prior to upgrade patch 11 (Build# 44672) VMware ESX 2.1.3 prior to upgrade patch 6 (Build# 44407) VMware ESX 2.0.2 prior to upgrade patch 6 (Build# 44406) 3. Problem description: Problems addressed by these patches: a. Denial-of-Service on Windows based guest operating systems. Some VMware products managed memory in a way that failed to gracefully handle some general protection faults (GPFs) in Windows guest operating systems. A malicious user could use this vulnerability to crash Windows virtual machines. While this vulnerability could allow an attacker to crash a virtual machine, we do not believe it was possible to escalate privileges or escape virtual containment. VMware thanks Rubén Santamarta of Reversemode for identifying and reporting this issue. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) assigned the name CVE-2007-1069 to this issue. ESX --- ESX Server 3.0.1 Download Patch Bundle ESX-6856573 ESX Server 3.0.0 Download Patch Bundle ESX-3496682 ESX 2.5.4 Upgrade Patch 8 (Build# 44671) ESX 2.5.3 Upgrade Patch 11 (Build# 44672) ESX 2.1.3 Upgrade Patch 6 (Build# 44407) ESX 2.0.2 Upgrade Patch 6 (Build# 44406) Hosted products --------------- VMware Workstation 5.5.4 (Build# 44386) VMware Player 1.0.4 (Build# 44386) VMware Server 1.0.3 (Build# 44356) VMware ACE 1.0.3 (Build# 44385) b. Denial-of-Service using ACPI I/O ports Virtual machines can be put in various states of suspension, as specified by the ACPI power management standard. When returning from a sleep state (S2) to the run state (S0), the virtual machine process (VMX) collects information about the last recorded running state for the virtual machine. Under some circumstances, VMX read state information from an incorrect memory location. This issue could be used to complete a successful Denial-of-Service attack where the virtual machine would need to be rebooted. Thanks to Tavis Ormandy of Google for identifying this issue. http://taviso.decsystem.org/virtsec.pdf The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2007-1337 to this issue. ESX --- ESX 3.0.1 Download Patch Bundle ESX-6431040 ESX 3.0.0 Download Patch Bundle ESX-5754280 ESX 2.5.4 Upgrade Patch 8 (Build# 44671) ESX 2.5.3 Upgrade Patch 11 (Build# 44672) ESX 2.1.3 Upgrade Patch 6 (Build# 44407) ESX 2.0.2 Upgrade Patch 6 (Build# 44406) Hosted products --------------- VMware Workstation 5.5.4 (Build# 44386) VMware Player 1.0.4 (Build# 44386) VMware Server 1.0.3 (Build# 44356) VMware ACE 1.0.3 (Build# 44385) c. Denial-of-Service using malformed configuration data Some VMware products support storing configuration information files. Under some circumstances, a malicious user could instruct the virtual machine process (VMX) to store malformed data, causing an error. This error could enable a successful Denial-of-Service attack on guest operating systems. VMware would like to thank Per-Fredrik Pollnow and Mikael Janers technical security consultants at SunGard iXsecurity. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2007-1877 to this issue. ESX --- ESX 3.0.1 Download Patch Bundle ESX-6704314 and ESX-5095559 ESX 3.0.0 Download Patch Bundle ESX-1256636 and ESX-7104553 ESX 2.5.4 Upgrade Patch 8 (Build# 44671) ESX 2.5.3 Upgrade Patch 11 (Build# 44672) ESX 2.1.3 Upgrade Patch 6 (Build# 44407) ESX 2.0.2 Upgrade Patch 6 (Build# 44406) Hosted products --------------- VMware Workstation 5.5.4 (Build# 44386) VMware Player 1.0.4 (Build# 44386) VMware Server 1.0.3 (Build# 44356) VMware ACE 1.0.3 (Build# 44385) d. Debugging local programs could create system instability In a 64-bit Windows guest on a 64-bit host, debugging local programs could create system instability. Using a debugger to step into a syscall instruction may corrupt the virtual machine's register context. This corruption produces unpredictable results including corrupted stack pointers, kernel bugchecks, or vmware-vmx process failures. Thanks to Ken Johnson for identifying this issue. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2007-1876 to this issue. ESX --- ESX 3.0.1 Download Patch Bundle ESX-5095559 ESX 3.0.0 Download Patch Bundle ESX-7104553 NOTE: ESX 2.x doesn't support 64-bit guest operating systems Hosted products --------------- VMware Workstation 5.5.4 (Build# 44386) VMware Player 1.0.4 (Build# 44386) VMware Server 1.0.3 (Build# 44356) VMware ACE 1.0.3 (Build# 44385) e. Directory traversal vulnerability in shared folders feature Shared Folders is a feature that enables users of guest operating systems to access a specified set of folders in the host's file system. A vulnerability was identified by Greg MacManus of iDefense Labs that could allow an attacker to write arbitrary content from a guest system to arbitrary locations on the host system. In order to exploit this vulnerability, the VMware system must have at least one folder shared. Although the Shared Folder feature is enabled by default, no folders are shared by default, which means this vulnerability is not exploitable by default. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2007-1744 to this issue. Hosted products --------------- VMware Workstation 5.5.4 (Build# 44386) VMware Player 1.0.4 (Build# 44386) VMware Server 1.0.3 (Build# 44356) VMware ACE 1.0.3 (Build# 44385) NOTE: ESX doesn't use shared folders 4. Solution: Please review the Patch notes for your product and version and verify the md5sum of your downloaded file. ESX 3.0.1 ESX-6856573 http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-6856573-patch.html md5sum 16bb030929bb005fe26c09f637cb9cd8 ESX-6431040 http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-6431040-patch.html md5sum ef6bc745b3d556e0736fd39b8ddc8087 ESX-6704314 http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-6704314-patch.html md5sum 2470567517a64726b1c5929c59ed6134 ESX-5095559 http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-5095559-patch.html md5sum bcded4127598c22d47f06ab03366d2f8 ESX 3.0.0 ESX-3496682 http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-3496682-patch.html md5sum 929c6830a4cdc939b0b2a35e83e3b1ac ESX-5754280 http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-5754280-patch.html md5sum 82b3c7e18dd1422f30c4aa9e477c6a27 ESX-1256636 http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-1256636-patch.html md5sum e7f0b1920bd2a609d1c3b18249717f2c ESX-7104553 http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-7104553-patch.html md5sum 81c4f33331a4cbc565c1d9a44b1ea4fc ESX 2.5.4 http://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-254-200704-patch.html md5sum ef4d601c130c7a08176827252bc01152 ESX 2.5.3 http://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-253-200704-patch.html md5sum be048c744cdcd71b3da92098efe06f08 ESX 2.1.3 http://www.vmware.com/support/esx21/doc/esx-213-200704-patch.html md5sum 2dfc6aca32c77d673b0f7a1295ad7609 ESX 2.0.2 http://www.vmware.com/support/esx2/doc/esx-202-200704-patch.html md5sum 0e997bd53d94dff2d9452e5679bd1b3c Hosted products can be downloaded from the following locations: VMware Workstation 5.5.4 http://www.vmware.com/download/ws/ws5.html Note: VMware Workstation 6.0.0, is available. Anyone considering a patch or upgrade may wish to plan for a move directly to the VMware Workstation 6.0.0 release. VMware Workstation 6.0.0 http://www.vmware.com/download/ws/ VMware Server 1.0.3 http://www.vmware.com/download/server/ VMware Player 1.0.4 http://www.vmware.com/download/player/ Note: VMware Player 2.0, is available. Anyone considering a patch or upgrade may wish to plan for a move directly to the VMware Player 2.0 release. VMware ACE 1.0.3 http://www.vmware.com/download/ace/ Note: ACE 2, a major release of ACE, is available. Anyone considering a patch or upgrade may wish to plan for a move directly to the ACE 2.0 release. 5. References: CVE numbers http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1069 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1337 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1877 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1876 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1744 6. Contact: E-mail: security@vmware.com http://www.vmware.com/security VMware Security Response Policy http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/technology/security/security_response.html Copyright 2007 VMware Inc. All rights reserved. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGThs/6KjQhy2pPmkRCET/AKCwGzT4gpeqzlOxBmsT2DOJZKhqiACfQKkF Oq2SKMQOtGspeNVoTHbgpbs= =IhB5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----