CVE-2008-4279
First published: Mon Oct 06 2008(Updated: )
The CPU hardware emulation for 64-bit guest operating systems in VMware Workstation 6.0.x before 6.0.5 build 109488 and 5.x before 5.5.8 build 108000; Player 2.0.x before 2.0.5 build 109488 and 1.x before 1.0.8; Server 1.x before 1.0.7 build 108231; and ESX 2.5.4 through 3.5 allows authenticated guest OS users to gain additional guest OS privileges by triggering an exception that causes the virtual CPU to perform an indirect jump to a non-canonical address.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| VMware Player | >=1.0<1.0.8 | |
| VMware Player | >=2.0<2.0.5 | |
| VMware Server | >=1.0<1.0.8 | |
| VMware Workstation | >=5.5<5.5.8 | |
| VMware Workstation | >=6.0<6.0.5 | |
| VMware ESX | >=2.5.4<=3.5 |
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Reference Links
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-October/064860.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32157
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32179
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32180
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31569
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020991
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2740
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45668
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5929
- collector/nvd-index
- collector/nvd-historical
- agent/references
- agent/severity
- agent/weakness
- agent/author
- agent/type
- agent/event
- agent/description
- agent/remedy
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/vmware
- canonical/vmware player
- version/vmware player/1.0
- version/vmware player/2.0
- canonical/vmware server
- version/vmware server/1.0
- canonical/vmware workstation
- version/vmware workstation/5.5
- version/vmware workstation/6.0
- canonical/vmware esx
- version/vmware esx/2.5.4
- version/vmware esx/3.5