CVE-2009-0177 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the VMware authentication daemon by sending excessively long USER or PASS commands, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2009-0177?
CVE-2009-0177 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Vmware Fusion, published on 20 Jan 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
vmwarebase.dll, as used in the vmware-authd service (aka vmware-authd.exe), in VMware Workstation 6.5.1 build 126130, 6.5.1 and earlier; VMware Player 2.5.1 build 126130, 2.5.1 and earlier; VMware ACE 2.5.1 and earlier; VMware Server 2.0.x before 2.0.1 build 156745; and VMware Fusion before 2.0.2 build 147997 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long (1) USER or (2) PASS command.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-0177?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Vmware Ace, Vmware Fusion, Vmware Server, Vmware Vmware Player, Vmware Vmware Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2009-0177?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-0177 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-2009-0177 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2009-0177 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Fusion
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mxv5-rp33-2rv9.