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CVE-2009-0177

Published: Jan 20, 2009 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0177
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/399.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
AceVmware*2.5.1 (including)
AceVmware2.5.0 (including)2.5.0 (including)
FusionVmware*2.0.1 (including)
ServerVmware2.0.0 (including)2.0.0 (including)
Vmware_playerVmware*2.5.1 (including)
Vmware_playerVmware1.0.0 (including)1.0.0 (including)
Vmware_playerVmware1.0.1 (including)1.0.1 (including)
Vmware_playerVmware1.0.2 (including)1.0.2 (including)
Vmware_playerVmware1.0.3 (including)1.0.3 (including)
Vmware_playerVmware1.0.4 (including)1.0.4 (including)
Vmware_playerVmware1.0.6 (including)1.0.6 (including)
Vmware_playerVmware1.0.7 (including)1.0.7 (including)
Vmware_playerVmware1.0.8 (including)1.0.8 (including)
Vmware_playerVmware1.0.9 (including)1.0.9 (including)
Vmware_playerVmware1.05 (including)1.05 (including)
Vmware_playerVmware2.0 (including)2.0 (including)
Vmware_playerVmware2.0.1 (including)2.0.1 (including)
Vmware_playerVmware2.0.2 (including)2.0.2 (including)
Vmware_playerVmware2.0.3 (including)2.0.3 (including)
Vmware_playerVmware2.0.4 (including)2.0.4 (including)
Vmware_playerVmware2.0.5 (including)2.0.5 (including)
Vmware_playerVmware2.5 (including)2.5 (including)
Vmware_workstationVmware*6.51 (including)
Vmware_workstationVmware4.5.3 (including)4.5.3 (including)
Vmware_workstationVmware5.0 (including)5.0 (including)
Vmware_workstationVmware5.5.0 (including)5.5.0 (including)
Vmware_workstationVmware5.5.1 (including)5.5.1 (including)
Vmware_workstationVmware5.5.2 (including)5.5.2 (including)
Vmware_workstationVmware5.5.3 (including)5.5.3 (including)
Vmware_workstationVmware5.5.4 (including)5.5.4 (including)
Vmware_workstationVmware5.5.5 (including)5.5.5 (including)
Vmware_workstationVmware5.5.6 (including)5.5.6 (including)
Vmware_workstationVmware5.5.7 (including)5.5.7 (including)
Vmware_workstationVmware5.5.8 (including)5.5.8 (including)
Vmware_workstationVmware6.0 (including)6.0 (including)
Vmware_workstationVmware6.0.1 (including)6.0.1 (including)
Vmware_workstationVmware6.0.2 (including)6.0.2 (including)
Vmware_workstationVmware6.0.3 (including)6.0.3 (including)
Vmware_workstationVmware6.0.4 (including)6.0.4 (including)
Vmware_workstationVmware6.0.5 (including)6.0.5 (including)
Vmware_workstationVmware6.5 (including)6.5 (including)

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