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 x25x90 sequence in the USER and PASS commands, a related issue to CVE-2009-3707. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ace | Vmware | 2.5.0 (including) | 2.5.0 (including) |
| Ace | Vmware | 2.5.1 (including) | 2.5.1 (including) |
| Ace | Vmware | 2.5.2 (including) | 2.5.2 (including) |
| Ace | Vmware | 2.5.3 (including) | 2.5.3 (including) |
| Ace | Vmware | 2.5.4 (including) | 2.5.4 (including) |
| Ace | Vmware | 2.6 (including) | 2.6 (including) |
| Ace | Vmware | 2.6.1 (including) | 2.6.1 (including) |
| Player | Vmware | 2.5 (including) | 2.5 (including) |
| Player | Vmware | 2.5.1 (including) | 2.5.1 (including) |
| Player | Vmware | 2.5.2 (including) | 2.5.2 (including) |
| Player | Vmware | 2.5.3 (including) | 2.5.3 (including) |
| Player | Vmware | 2.5.4 (including) | 2.5.4 (including) |
| Player | Vmware | 3.0 (including) | 3.0 (including) |
| Player | Vmware | 3.0.1 (including) | 3.0.1 (including) |
| Server | Vmware | 2.0.0 (including) | 2.0.0 (including) |
| Server | Vmware | 2.0.1 (including) | 2.0.1 (including) |
| Server | Vmware | 2.0.2 (including) | 2.0.2 (including) |
| Workstation | Vmware | 6.5.0 (including) | 6.5.0 (including) |
| Workstation | Vmware | 6.5.1 (including) | 6.5.1 (including) |
| Workstation | Vmware | 6.5.2 (including) | 6.5.2 (including) |
| Workstation | Vmware | 6.5.3 (including) | 6.5.3 (including) |
| Workstation | Vmware | 6.5.4 (including) | 6.5.4 (including) |
| Workstation | Vmware | 7.0 (including) | 7.0 (including) |
| Workstation | Vmware | 7.0.1 (including) | 7.0.1 (including) |