VMware Fusion 5.x < 5.0.1 VMX Process DoS (VMSA-2014-0001)

low Nessus Plugin ID 72036

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Synopsis

The remote host has a virtualization application that is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The version of VMware Fusion 5.x installed on the remote Mac OS X host is prior to 5.0.1. It is, therefore, reportedly affected by a denial of service vulnerability due to an issue with handling invalid ports that could allow a guest user to crash the VMX process.

Solution

Upgrade to VMware Fusion 5.0.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 72036

File Name: macosx_fusion_5_0_1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 1/20/2014

Updated: 11/26/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-1208

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:vmware:fusion

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, MacOSX/Fusion/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/30/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/16/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-1208

BID: 64994

VMSA: 2014-0001

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