Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800410
Category:	Denial of Service
Title:	VMware Products vmware-authd DoS Vulnerability (CVE-2009-0177) - Windows
Summary:	VMWare product(s) are prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
Description:	Summary: VMWare product(s) are prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: VMware product(s) throws an error in the vmware-authd daemon when processing overly long strings. This will terminate the vmware-authd process via an overly long 'USER' or 'PASS' strings sent to TCP port 912. Vulnerability Impact: Successful exploitation will let the attacker deny virtual machines access to local users. Affected Software/OS: VMware Player version 2.5.1 or prior on Windows. VMware Workstation version 6.5.1 or prior on Windows. Solution: No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one. CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-0177 BugTraq ID: 34373 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34373 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7647 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Apr/0036.html http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000054.html http://osvdb.org/51180 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6433 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021512 http://secunia.com/advisories/33372 http://secunia.com/advisories/34601 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0024 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0944
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG

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