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CVE-2009-3707

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Published: Oct 16, 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-2009-3707
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/134.html

VMware Authentication Daemon 1.0 in vmware-authd.exe in the VMware Authorization Service in VMware Workstation 7.0 before 7.0.1 build 227600 and 6.5.x before 6.5.4 build 246459, VMware Player 3.0 before 3.0.1 build 227600 and 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459, VMware ACE 2.6 before 2.6.1 build 227600 and 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459, and VMware Server 2.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via a x25xFF sequence in the USER and PASS commands, related to a format string DoS issue. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Weakness

The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
AceVmware2.5.0 (including)2.5.0 (including)
AceVmware2.5.1 (including)2.5.1 (including)
AceVmware2.5.2 (including)2.5.2 (including)
AceVmware2.5.3 (including)2.5.3 (including)
AceVmware2.5.4 (including)2.5.4 (including)
AceVmware2.6 (including)2.6 (including)
AceVmware2.6.1 (including)2.6.1 (including)
PlayerVmware2.5 (including)2.5 (including)
PlayerVmware2.5.1 (including)2.5.1 (including)
PlayerVmware2.5.2 (including)2.5.2 (including)
PlayerVmware2.5.3 (including)2.5.3 (including)
PlayerVmware2.5.4 (including)2.5.4 (including)
PlayerVmware3.0 (including)3.0 (including)
PlayerVmware3.0.1 (including)3.0.1 (including)
ServerVmware2.0.0 (including)2.0.0 (including)
ServerVmware2.0.1 (including)2.0.1 (including)
ServerVmware2.0.2 (including)2.0.2 (including)
WorkstationVmware6.5.0 (including)6.5.0 (including)
WorkstationVmware6.5.1 (including)6.5.1 (including)
WorkstationVmware6.5.2 (including)6.5.2 (including)
WorkstationVmware6.5.3 (including)6.5.3 (including)
WorkstationVmware6.5.4 (including)6.5.4 (including)
WorkstationVmware7.0 (including)7.0 (including)
WorkstationVmware7.0.1 (including)7.0.1 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References

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