51180 : VMware vmware-authd USER String Handling DoS
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2009-01-02

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2009-0177" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : 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.

Classification

Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Exploit: Exploit Public

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

Security Tracker: 1021512
CVE ID: 2009-0177 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 33372 34601
Bugtraq ID: 34373
Milw0rm: 7647
Exploit Database: 7647
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2009-0024
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000054.html
Vendor URL: http://www.vmware.com/

Tools & Filters

	36117

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2009-01-20 | Disagree?

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