VMware Authorization Service DoS Vulnerability (CVE-2009-3707) - Windows

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801027");
  script_version("2023-07-27T05:05:08+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-27 05:05:08 +0000 (Thu, 27 Jul 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-10-22 15:34:45 +0200 (Thu, 22 Oct 2009)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2009-3707");
  script_name("VMware Authorization Service DoS Vulnerability (CVE-2009-3707) - Windows");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/36988");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2009/Oct/1022997.html");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("gb_vmware_prdts_detect_win.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("VMware/Win/Installed");
  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation allows attackers to execute arbitrary code
on the affected application and causes the Denial of Service.");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"VMware ACE 2.5.3 and prior.
VMware Player 2.5.3 build 185404 and prior.
VMware Workstation 6.5.3 build 185404 and prior.");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The vulnerability is due to an error in the VMware Authorization
Service when processing login requests. This can be exploited to terminate
the 'vmware-authd' process via 'USER' or 'PASS' strings containing '\xFF'
characters, sent to TCP port 912.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade VMware ACE to 2.5.4 build 246459 or later,
Upgrade VMware Player to 2.5.4 build 246459 or later,
Upgrade VMware Workstation to 6.5.4 build 246459 or later.");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"VMWare product(s) are prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  exit(0);
}

include("version_func.inc");

if(!get_kb_item("VMware/Win/Installed")){
  exit(0);
}

# VMware Player
vmpVer = get_kb_item("VMware/Player/Win/Ver");
if(vmpVer)
{
  if(version_in_range(version:vmpVer, test_version:"2.0", test_version2:"2.5.3"))
  {
    security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
    exit(0);
  }
}

# VMware Workstation
vmwtnVer = get_kb_item("VMware/Workstation/Win/Ver");
if(vmwtnVer)
{
  if(version_in_range(version:vmwtnVer, test_version:"6.0", test_version2:"6.5.3"))
  {
    security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
    exit(0);
  }
}

# VMware ACE
aceVer = get_kb_item("VMware/ACE/Win/Ver");
if(aceVer)
{
  if(version_in_range(version:aceVer, test_version:"2.0", test_version2:"2.5.3")){
    security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
  }
}