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GLSA-200502-18 : VMware Workstation: Untrusted library search path

medium Nessus Plugin ID 16459

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200502-18 (VMware Workstation: Untrusted library search path)

 Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team has discovered that VMware Workstation searches for gdk-pixbuf loadable modules in an untrusted, world-writable directory.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could create a malicious shared object that would be loaded by VMware, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running VMware.
 Workaround :

 The system administrator may create the file /tmp/rrdharan to prevent malicious users from creating a directory at that location:
 # touch /tmp/rrdharan

Solution

All VMware Workstation users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-emulation/vmware-workstation-3.2.1.2242-r4'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200502-18

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 16459

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200502-18.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 2/15/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:vmware-workstation, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 2/14/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/14/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0444

GLSA: 200502-18