Summary
The host is installed with VMWare products and are prone to buffer overflow vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation will allow attacker to execution of arbitrary code.
Impact Level: System/Application
Solution
Upgrade to Vmware Player version 3.1.5 or later
For updates refer to http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0011.html
Upgrade to Vmware Workstation version 7.1.5 or later For updates refer to http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0011.html
Insight
The flaw is due to an error when handling UDF filesystem images.This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a specially crafted ISO image file.
Affected
Vmware Player version 3.0 before 3.1.5,
VMware Workstation version 7.0 before 7.1.5
References
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2011-3868 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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