CVE-2007-0061 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2007-0061?

CVE-2007-0061 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 21 Sep 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The DHCP server in EMC VMware Workstation before 5.5.5 Build 56455 and 6.x before 6.0.1 Build 55017, Player before 1.0.5 Build 56455 and Player 2 before 2.0.1 Build 55017, ACE before 1.0.3 Build 54075 and ACE 2 before 2.0.1 Build 55017, and Server before 1.0.4 Build 56528 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed packet that triggers "corrupt stack memory."

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0061?

It affects 6 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Vmware Ace, Vmware Esx, Vmware Player, Vmware Server, Vmware Workstation.

How do I fix CVE-2007-0061?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-0061 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2007-0061 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-0061 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-xmcp-6wwf-qfhc.