CVE-2006-3547 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker with write access to a VM configuration file can cause an unrecoverable application failure in VMware Player via a long parameter value.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-3547?
CVE-2006-3547 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Vmware Player, published on 13 Jul 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
EMC VMware Player allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (unrecoverable application failure) via a long value of the ide1:0.fileName parameter in the .vmx file of a virtual machine. NOTE: third parties have disputed this issue, saying that write access to the .vmx file enables other ways of stopping the virtual machine, so no privilege boundaries are crossed
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-3547?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Vmware Player.
How do I fix CVE-2006-3547?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-3547 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2006-3547 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-3547 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Player
Sources
Also known as GHSA-24gw-9fv3-3c2w.