CVE-2009-3707 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the VMware Authentication Daemon via a format string vulnerability in USER and PASS commands, causing 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-2009-3707?
CVE-2009-3707 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Vmware Player, published on 16 Oct 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
VMware Authentication Daemon 1.0 in vmware-authd.exe in the VMware Authorization Service in VMware Workstation 7.0 before 7.0.1 build 227600 and 6.5.x before 6.5.4 build 246459, VMware Player 3.0 before 3.0.1 build 227600 and 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459, VMware ACE 2.6 before 2.6.1 build 227600 and 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459, and VMware Server 2.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) via a \x25\xFF sequence in the USER and PASS commands, related to a "format string DoS" issue. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Weakness: CWE-134
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3707?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Vmware Ace, Vmware Player, Vmware Server, Vmware Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2009-3707?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-3707 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-2009-3707 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2009-3707 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Player
Sources
Also known as GHSA-47pm-rhm6-w3xc.