VMware Workstation/Player denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in VMware Workstation and Player. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2015-1044. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in VMware Workstation and Player (Virtualization Software) (the affected version unknown) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

vmware-authd (aka the Authorization process) in VMware Workstation 10.x before 10.0.5, VMware Player 6.x before 6.0.5, and VMware ESXi 5.0 through 5.5 allows attackers to cause a host OS denial of service via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was presented 01/27/2015 by Dmitry Yudin (@ret5et) as VMSA-2015-0001 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at vmware.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-1044 since 01/12/2015. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 81084 (ESXi 5.1 < Build 1743201 Multiple Vulnerabilities (remote check)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc.. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 123272 (VMware Workstation And Player Security Update (VMSA-2015-0001)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (100935), Tenable (81084), SecurityFocus (BID 72336†), Secunia (SA62569†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1031644†). See VDB-68858, VDB-68859, VDB-68919 and VDB-68920 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 81084
Nessus Name: ESXi 5.1 < Build 1743201 Multiple Vulnerabilities (remote check)
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OpenVAS ID: 105038
OpenVAS Name: VMSA-2015-0001: VMware vCenter Server, ESXi, Workstation, Player, and Fusion updates address security issues (remote check)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: VMSA-2015-0001
Researcher: Dmitry Yudin (@ret5et)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-1044 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-1044
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-68918
X-Force: 100935 - Multiple VMware products vmware-authd denial of service, Low Risk
SecurityFocus: 72336 - Multiple VMware Products CVE-2015-1044 Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 62569 - VMware ESXi vmware-authd Denial of Service Vulnerability, Not Critical
SecurityTracker: 1031644 - VMware Workstation/Player/Fusion HGFS Bug Lets Local Guest Users Deny Service

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/29/2015 10:21
Updated: 03/07/2022 15:29
Changes: 01/29/2015 10:21 (64), 07/10/2017 09:02 (15), 03/07/2022 15:29 (3)
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