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VMware Player: Host code execution vulnerability from a guest operating system (VMSA-2009-0006) (CVE-2008-4916)

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VMware Player: Host code execution vulnerability from a guest operating system (VMSA-2009-0006) (CVE-2008-4916)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
04/06/2009
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/30/2013
Modified
02/13/2014

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in a guest virtual device driver in VMware Workstation before 5.5.9 build 126128, and 6.5.1 and earlier 6.x versions; VMware Player before 1.0.9 build 126128, and 2.5.1 and earlier 2.x versions; VMware ACE before 1.0.8 build 125922, and 2.5.1 and earlier 2.x versions; VMware Server 1.x before 1.0.8 build 126538 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 build 156745; VMware Fusion before 2.0.1; VMware ESXi 3.5; and VMware ESX 3.0.2, 3.0.3, and 3.5 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via unknown vectors.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-player-upgrade-2_5_2

References

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