Invalid #PF Exception Code in VMware can result in Guest Privilege Escalation

No description provided by source. Invalid PF Exception Code in VMware can result in Guest Privilege Escalation ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- In protected mode, cpl is usually equal to the two least significant bits of the cs register. However, ther...

VMSA-2009-0015 : VMware hosted products and ESX patches resolve two security issues

a. Mishandled exception on page faults An improper setting of the exception code on page faults may allow for local privilege escalation on the guest operating system. This vulnerability does not affect the host system. VMware would like to thank Tavis Ormandy and Julien Tinnes of the Google...

VMware Virtual 8086 - Linux Local Ring0

Bugtraq ID: 36841 Class: Design Error Published: Oct 27 2009 12:00AM Updated: Oct 27 2009 09:18PM Credit: Tavis Ormandy and Julien Tinnes of the Google Security Team Vulnerable: VMWare Workstation 6.5.3 VMWare Workstation 6.5.2 build 156735 VMWare Workstation 6.5.2 VMWare Workstation 6.5.1 VMWare...

VMWare Virtual 8086 Linux Local Ring0 Exploit

Exploit for unknown platform in category local exploits ============================================= VMWare Virtual 8086 Linux Local Ring0 Exploit ============================================= Title: VMWare Virtual 8086 Linux Local Ring0 Exploit CVE-ID: OSVDB-ID: Author: Tavis Ormandy and Julien...

VMware Server 2.0.1 ESXi Server 3.5 - Directory Traversal

VMware Server 2.0.1 ESXi Server 3.5 - Directory Traversal source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36842/info VMware products are prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability because they fail to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input data. Exploiting the issue may allow an attacker to obtain...

VMware Server 2.0.1 / ESXi Server 3.5 - Directory Traversal

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36842/info VMware products are prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability because they fail to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input data. Exploiting the issue may allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from the host operating system that...

VMSA-2009-0014 : VMware ESX patches for DHCP, Service Console kernel, and JRE resolve multiple security issues

a. Service Console update for DHCP and third-party library update for DHCP client. DHCP is an Internet-standard protocol by which a computer can be connected to a local network, ask to be given configuration information, and receive from a server enough information to configure itself as a member...

VMSA-2009-0002 : VirtualCenter Update 4 and ESX patch update Tomcat to version 5.5.27

a. Update for VirtualCenter and ESX patch update Apache Tomcat version to 5.5.27 Update for VirtualCenter and ESX patch update the Tomcat package to version 5.5.27 which addresses multiple security issues that existed in the previous version of Apache Tomcat. The Common Vulnerabilities and...

VMware ESX patches for DHCP, Service Console kernel, and JRE resolve multiple security issues

a. Service Console update for DHCP and third party library update for DHCP client. DHCP is an Internet-standard protocol by which a computer can be connected to a local network, ask to be given configuration information, and receive from a server enough information to configure itself as a member...

VMSA-2009-0014:VMware ESX patches for DHCP, Service Console kernel, and JRE resolve multiple security issues

VMSA-2009-0014.3 VMware ESX patches for DHCP, Service Console kernel, and JRE resolve multiple security issues VMware Security Advisory VMware Security Advisory Advisory ID: VMSA-2009-0014.3 VMware Security Advisory Synopsis: VMware ESX patches for DHCP, Service Console kernel, and JRE resolve...

VMSA-2008-0015:Updated ESXi and ESX 3.5 packages address CRITICAL security issue in openwsman

VMSA-2008-0015 Updated ESXi and ESX 3.5 packages address critical security issue in openwsman VMware Security Advisory VMware Security AdvisoryAdvisory ID: VMSA-2008-0015 VMware Security AdvisorySynopsis: Updated ESXi and ESX 3.5 packages address critical security issue in openwsman VMware Securi...

VMSA-2009-0007 : VMware Hosted products and ESX and ESXi patches resolve security issues

a. VMware Descheduled Time Accounting driver vulnerability may cause a denial of service in Windows based virtual machines. The VMware Descheduled Time Accounting Service is an optional, experimental service that provides improved guest operating system accounting. This patch fixes a denial of...

VMSA-2008-00010 : Updated Tomcat and Java JRE packages for VMware, ESX 3.5 and VirtualCenter 2.5 (DEPRECATED)

Updated ESX patches and VirtualCenter update 2 fix the following application vulnerabilities. a. Tomcat Server Security Update This release of ESX updates the Tomcat Server package to version 5.5.26, which addresses multiple security issues that existed in earlier releases of Tomcat Server. The...

VMSA-2007-0006 : Critical security updates for all supported versions of VMware ESX Server, VMware Server, VMware Workstation, VMware ACE, and VMware Player

Problems addressed by these patches : I Arbitrary code execution and denial of service vulnerabilities This release fixes a security vulnerability that could allow a guest operating system user with administrative privileges to cause memory corruption in a host process, and thus potentially execu...

VMSA-2009-0006 : VMware Hosted products and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve a critical security vulnerability

a. Host code execution vulnerability from a guest operating system A critical vulnerability in the virtual machine display function might allow a guest operating system to run code on the host. This issue is different from the vulnerability in a guest virtual device driver reported in VMware...

VMSA-2008-0017 : Updated ESX packages for libxml2, ucd-snmp, libtiff

a. Updated ESX Service Console package libxml2 A denial of service flaw was found in the way libxml2 processes certain content. If an application that is linked against libxml2 processes malformed XML content, the XML content might cause the application to stop responding. The Common...

VMSA-2009-0001 : ESX patches address an issue loading corrupt virtual disks and update Service Console packages

a. Loading a corrupt delta disk may cause ESX to crash If the VMDK delta disk of a snapshot is corrupt, an ESX host might crash when the corrupted disk is loaded. VMDK delta files exist for virtual machines with one or more snapshots. This change ensures that a corrupt VMDK delta file cannot be...

VMSA-2008-0006 : Updated libxml2 service console package

Updated libxml2 package to address a denial of service flaw. Thanks to the Google security team for identifying and reporting this issue. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project cve.mitre.org has assigned the name CVE-2007-6284 to this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Securit...

VMSA-2008-0004 : Low: Updated e2fsprogs service console package

Updated e2fsprogs package address multiple integer overflow flaws Thanks to Rafal Wojtczuk of McAfee Avert Research for identifying and reporting this issue. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project cve.mitre.org has assigned the name CVE-2007-5497 to this issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C...

VMSA-2008-0010 : Updated Tomcat and Java JRE packages for VMware ESX 3.5 and VirtualCenter

ESX patches and updates for VirtualCenter fix the following application vulnerabilities. a. Tomcat Server Security Update The ESX patches and the updates for VirtualCenter update the Tomcat Server package to version 5.5.26, which addresses multiple security issues that existed in earlier releases...