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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-4917: VMware Player, Server, Workstation: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-4917: VMware Player, Server, Workstation: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

12/08/2008

Created

07/25/2018

Added

10/30/2017

Modified

10/30/2017

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in VMware Workstation 5.5.8 and earlier, and 6.0.5 and earlier 6.x versions; VMware Player 1.0.8 and earlier, and 2.0.5 and earlier 2.x versions; VMware Server 1.0.9 and earlier; VMware ESXi 3.5; and VMware ESX 3.0.2 through 3.5 allows guest OS users to have an unknown impact by sending the virtual hardware a request that triggers an arbitrary physical-memory write operation, leading to memory corruption.

Solution(s)

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

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2008-4917
32597
CVE - 2008-4917
201209-25
OVAL6246

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