Executive Summary

Summary
Title VMware Hosted products, VI Client and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve multiple security issues
Informations
Name VMSA-2009-0005 First vendor Publication 2009-04-03
Vendor VMware Last vendor Modification 2009-04-03
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 9.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

a. Denial of service guest to host vulnerability in a virtual device

A vulnerability in a guest virtual device driver, could allow a guest operating system to crash the host and consequently any virtual machines on that host.

VMware would like to thank Andrew Honig of the Department of Defense for reporting this issue.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2008-4916 to this issue.

b. Windows-based host denial of service vulnerability in hcmon.sys

A vulnerability in an ioctl in hcmon.sys could be used to create a denial of service on a Windows-based host. This issue can only be exploited by a privileged Windows account.

VMware would like to thank Nikita Tarakanov for reporting this issue to us.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2009-1146 to this issue.

Note: newly released hosted products (see table in this section) address another potential denial of service in hcmon.sys as well. Also this issue can only be exploited by a privileged Windows account.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2008-3761 to this issue.

c. A VMCI privilege escalation on Windows-based hosts or Windows- based guests.

The Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI) is an infrastructure that provides fast and efficient communication between a virtual machine and the host operating system and between two or more virtual machines on the same host.

A vulnerability in vmci.sys could allow privilege escalation on Windows-based machines. This could occur on Windows-based hosts or inside Windows-based guest operating systems.

Current versions of ESX do not support the VMCI interface and hence they are not affected by this vulnerability.

Note: Installing the new hosted releases will not remediate the issue on Windows-based guests. The VMware Tools packages will need to be updated on each Windows-based guest followed by a reboot of the guest system.

VMware would like to thank Nikita Tarakanov for reporting this issue to us.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2009-1147 to this issue.

Refer to VMware KB article 1009826 on the steps that are needed to remediate this vulnerability on Windows-based hosts. This KB article is found at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1009826.

d. VNnc Codec Heap Overflow vulnerabilities

The VNnc Codec assists in Record and Replay sessions. Record and Replay record the dynamic virtual machine state over a period of time.

Two heap overflow vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on VMware hosted products. For an attack to be successful the user must be tricked into visiting a malicious web page or opening a malicious video file.

VMware would like to thank Aaron Portnoy from TippingPoint DVLabs for reporting these issues to us. TippingPoint has issued the following identifiers: ZDI-CAN-435, ZDI-CAN-436.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has has assigned the names CVE-2009-0909 and CVE-2009-0910 to these issues.

e. ACE shared folders vulnerability

The VMware Host Guest File System (HGFS) shared folders feature allows users to transfer data between a guest operating system and the non-virtualized host operating system that contains it.

A vulnerability in ACE shared folders could allow a previously disabled and not removed shared folder in the guest to be enabled by a non ACE Administrator.

VMware would like to thank Emmanouel Kellinis, KPMG London, penetration testing team for reporting this issue to us.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has has assigned the name CVE-2009-0908 to this issue.

f. A remote denial of service vulnerability in authd for Windows based hosts.

A vulnerability in vmware-authd.exe could cause a denial of service condition on Windows hosts.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2009-0177 to this issue.

Original Source

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

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
40 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
20 % CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
20 % CWE-200 Information Exposure
20 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5471
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5471
Title: VMware Windows 'vmci.sys' Driver Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
Description: Unspecified vulnerability in vmci.sys in the Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI) in VMware Workstation 6.5.1 and earlier, VMware Player 2.5.1 and earlier, VMware ACE 2.5.1 and earlier, and VMware Server 2.0.x before 2.0.1 build 156745 allows local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-1147
Version: 1
Platform(s): VMWare ESX Server 3
VMWare ESX Server 3.5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5786
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5786
Title: VMWare Guest Virtual Device Driver Vulnerability
Description: Heap-based buffer overflow in the VNnc Codec in VMware Workstation 6.5.x before 6.5.2 build 156735, VMware Player 2.5.x before 2.5.2 build 156735, VMware ACE 2.5.x before 2.5.2 build 156735, and VMware Server 2.0.x before 2.0.1 build 156745 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web page or video file, aka ZDI-CAN-436.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-0910
Version: 2
Platform(s): VMWare ESX Server 3
VMWare ESX Server 3.5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6251
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6251
Title: VMware Heap Overflows in VNnc Codec Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Description: Heap-based buffer overflow in the VNnc Codec in VMware Workstation 6.5.x before 6.5.2 build 156735, VMware Player 2.5.x before 2.5.2 build 156735, VMware ACE 2.5.x before 2.5.2 build 156735, and VMware Server 2.0.x before 2.0.1 build 156745 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web page or video file, aka ZDI-CAN-435.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-0909
Version: 2
Platform(s): VMWare ESX Server 3
VMWare ESX Server 3.5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6310
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6310
Title: VMware Bug in 'hcmon.sys' Lets Local Privileged Users Deny Service
Description: Unspecified vulnerability in an ioctl in hcmon.sys in VMware Workstation 6.5.1 and earlier, VMware Player 2.5.1 and earlier, VMware ACE 2.5.1 and earlier, and VMware Server 1.0.x before 1.0.9 build 156507 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 build 156745 allows local users to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-3761.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-1146
Version: 1
Platform(s): VMWare ESX Server 3
VMWare ESX Server 3.5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6376
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6376
Title: VMware Virtual Infrastructure Client Password Disclosure Weakness
Description: VI Client in VMware VirtualCenter before 2.5 Update 4, VMware ESXi 3.5 before Update 4, and VMware ESX 3.5 before Update 4 retains the VirtualCenter Server password in process memory, which might allow local users to obtain this password.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-0518
Version: 1
Platform(s): VMWare ESX Server 3
VMWare ESX Server 3.5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6399
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6399
Title: VMware Host Guest File System Bug Lets Local Users Enable Certain Shared Folders
Description: Unspecified vulnerability in the ACE shared folders implementation in the VMware Host Guest File System (HGFS) shared folders feature in VMware ACE 2.5.1 and earlier allows attackers to enable a disabled shared folder.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-0908
Version: 1
Platform(s): VMWare ESX Server 3
VMWare ESX Server 3.5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6433
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6433
Title: VMware authd Service Lets Remote Users Deny Service
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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-0177
Version: 1
Platform(s): VMWare ESX Server 3
VMWare ESX Server 3.5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6439
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6439
Title: VMware Guest Virtual Device Driver Bug Lets Local Users Deny Service
Description: Unspecified vulnerability in a guest virtual device driver in VMware Workstation before 5.5.9 build 126128, and 6.5.1 and earlier 6.x versions; VMware Player before 1.0.9 build 126128, and 2.5.1 and earlier 2.x versions; VMware ACE before 1.0.8 build 125922, and 2.5.1 and earlier 2.x versions; VMware Server 1.x before 1.0.8 build 126538 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 build 156745; VMware Fusion before 2.0.1; VMware ESXi 3.5; and VMware ESX 3.0.2, 3.0.3, and 3.5 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via unknown vectors.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-4916
Version: 1
Platform(s): VMWare ESX Server 3
VMWare ESX Server 3.5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Application 20
Application 11
Application 18
Application 11
Application 13
Application 3
Application 1
Application 21
Application 11
Application 6
Application 22
Application 50

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-10-03 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201209-25 (vmware-server vmware-player vmware-w...
File : nvt/glsa_201209_25.nasl
2009-05-18 Name : VMware Products Multiple Vulnerabilities (Linux) Apr09
File : nvt/secpod_vmware_prdts_mult_vuln_lin_apr09.nasl
2009-05-18 Name : VMware Products Multiple Vulnerabilities (Win) Apr09
File : nvt/secpod_vmware_prdts_mult_vuln_win_apr09.nasl
2009-02-06 Name : VMware Products vmware-authd Denial of Service Vulnerability (Win)
File : nvt/gb_vmware_prdts_dos_vuln_win.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
56409 VMware ACE Host Guest File System (HGFS) Disabled Folder Restriction Bypass

55943 VMWare Multiple Products VMnc Codec (vmnc.dll) Invalid RFB Message Type Handl...

55942 VMWare Multiple Products VMnc Codec (vmnc.dll) Open-DML Standard Index dwSize...

53696 VMware Multiple Products VMCI vmci.sys Unspecified Local Privilege Escalation

53695 VMware Multiple Products on Windows hcmon.sys Crafted IOCTL Handling Unspecif...

53694 VMware Multiple Products Guest Virtual Device Driver Unspecified DoS

53409 VMware Multiple Products Virtual Infrastructure (VI) Client VirtualCenter Loc...

51180 VMware vmware-authd USER String Handling DoS

48051 VMware Workstation hcmon.sys Crafted IOCTL Request Local DoS

Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)

Date Description
2009-04-09 IAVM : 2009-B-0015 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in VMware
Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0018638

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2012-10-01 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201209-25.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-27 Name : The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing one or more security-related pat...
File : vmware_VMSA-2009-0005.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-27 Name : The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing a security-related patch.
File : vmware_VMSA-2009-0006.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-09 Name : The remote host has an application that is affected by multiple issues.
File : vmware_multiple_vmsa_2009_0005.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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