VMware Workstation up to 6.0.1 Build 55017 DHCP Server numeric error

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A vulnerability was found in VMware Workstation up to 6.0.1 Build 55017 (Virtualization Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component DHCP Server. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-189. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Integer underflow in the DHCP server in EMC VMware Workstation before 5.5.5 Build 56455 and 6.x before 6.0.1 Build 55017, Player before 1.0.5 Build 56455 and Player 2 before 2.0.1 Build 55017, ACE before 1.0.3 Build 54075 and ACE 2 before 2.0.1 Build 55017, and Server before 1.0.4 Build 56528 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed DHCP packet that triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.

The bug was discovered 09/19/2007. The weakness was shared 09/21/2007 by Ryan Smith with X-Force (Website). The advisory is available at iss.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-0063 since 01/04/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 27566 (RHEL 2.1 : dhcp (RHSA-2007:0970)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116315 (Critical Security Updates for all Supported Versions of VMware ESX Server VMware Server VMware Workstation VMware ACE and VMware Player (VMSA-2007-0006)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.4_build_56528 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (33103) and Tenable (27566). The entries 2507, 3321, 3324 and 3326 are related to this item.

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Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 27566
Nessus Name: RHEL 2.1 : dhcp (RHSA-2007:0970)
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OpenVAS ID: 840135
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for nss USN-2159-1
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Upgrade: Workstation 1.0.4_build_56528
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: iss.net
Researcher: Ryan Smith
Organization: X-Force
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-0063 (🔍)
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X-Force: 33103
SecurityTracker: 1018717
Vulnerability Center: 16121 - VMware Multiple Products DHCP Buffer Underflow Allows Code Execution via Malformed Packet, High
SecurityFocus: 25729 - VMware Workstation DHCP Server Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 26890
OSVDB: 40094 - Multiple VMware products VMware DHCP server integer overflow
Vupen: ADV-2007-3229

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413
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Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 07/26/2019 19:05
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (92), 07/26/2019 19:05 (4)
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