CVE-2009-0177

high

Description

vmwarebase.dll, as used in the vmware-authd service (aka vmware-authd.exe), in VMware Workstation 6.5.1 build 126130, 6.5.1 and earlier; VMware Player 2.5.1 build 126130, 2.5.1 and earlier; VMware ACE 2.5.1 and earlier; VMware Server 2.0.x before 2.0.1 build 156745; and VMware Fusion before 2.0.2 build 147997 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long (1) USER or (2) PASS command.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7647

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6433

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0944

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0024

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0005.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021512

http://secunia.com/advisories/34601

http://secunia.com/advisories/33372

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Apr/0036.html

http://osvdb.org/51180

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000054.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-01-20

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High