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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-1361: VMware Player, Server, Workstation: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-1361: VMware Player, Server, Workstation: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/19/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
04/05/2018

Description

VMware Workstation 6.0.x before 6.0.3 and 5.5.x before 5.5.6, VMware Player 2.0.x before 2.0.3 and 1.0.x before 1.0.6, VMware ACE 2.0.x before 2.0.1 and 1.0.x before 1.0.5, and VMware Server 1.0.x before 1.0.5 on Windows allow local users to gain privileges via an unspecified manipulation that causes the authd process to connect to an arbitrary named pipe, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1362.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-emulation-vmware-player
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-emulation-vmware-server
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-emulation-vmware-workstation

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