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

low Nessus Plugin ID 72038

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Synopsis

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

Description

The installed version of VMware Player 5.x running on the remote Windows host is a version 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

Update to VMware Player 5.0.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 72038

File Name: vmware_player_dos_vmsa_2014_0001.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

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:player

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, VMware/Player/Path, VMware/Player/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/6/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/16/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-1208

BID: 64994

VMSA: 2014-0001

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