CVE-2008-2098: Buffer Overflow
First published: Mon Jun 02 2008(Updated: )
Heap-based buffer overflow in the VMware Host Guest File System (HGFS) in VMware Workstation 6 before 6.0.4 build 93057, VMware Player 2 before 2.0.4 build 93057, VMware ACE 2 before 2.0.2 build 93057, and VMware Fusion before 1.1.2 build 87978, when folder sharing is used, allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS via unspecified vectors.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Vmware Vmware Player 2 | =2.01 | |
| VMware Fusion | =1.1 | |
| VMware Fusion | =1.1.1 | |
| Vmware Vmware Player 2 | =2.03 | |
| VMware Workstation | =6.0 | |
| VMware ACE 2 | =2.01 | |
| Vmware Vmware Player 2 | =2.0 | |
| VMware VMware Workstation | =6.0.2 | |
| Vmware Vmware Player 2 | =2.02 | |
| VMware VMware Workstation | =6.0.1 | |
| VMware ACE 2 | =2.0 | |
| VMware VMware Workstation | =6.03 |
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Reference Links
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0008.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1707/references
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30476
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020148
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42753
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492831/100/0/threaded
- agent/type
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/first-publish-date
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- collector/nvd-historical
- agent/severity
- agent/references
- agent/author
- agent/weakness
- agent/tags
- agent/event
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/description
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/vmware
- canonical/vmware ace 2
- version/vmware ace 2/2.0
- version/vmware ace 2/2.01
- canonical/vmware fusion
- version/vmware fusion/1.1
- version/vmware fusion/1.1.1
- canonical/vmware vmware player 2
- version/vmware vmware player 2/2.0
- version/vmware vmware player 2/2.01
- version/vmware vmware player 2/2.02
- version/vmware vmware player 2/2.03
- canonical/vmware vmware workstation
- version/vmware vmware workstation/6.0.1
- version/vmware vmware workstation/6.0.2
- version/vmware vmware workstation/6.03
- canonical/vmware workstation
- version/vmware workstation/6.0