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author | Alex Legler <alex@a3li.li> | 2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100 |
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committer | Alex Legler <alex@a3li.li> | 2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100 |
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diff --git a/glsa-200502-18.xml b/glsa-200502-18.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4b586e11 --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-200502-18.xml @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200502-18"> + <title>VMware Workstation: Untrusted library search path</title> + <synopsis> + VMware may load shared libraries from an untrusted, world-writable + directory, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">VMware</product> + <announced>February 14, 2005</announced> + <revised>May 25, 2006: 03</revised> + <bug>81344</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="app-emulation/vmware-workstation" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">4.5.2.8848-r5</unaffected> + <unaffected range="rge">3.2.1.2242-r4</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">4.5.2.8848-r5</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + VMware Workstation is a powerful virtual machine for developers and + system administrators. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team has discovered + that VMware Workstation searches for gdk-pixbuf loadable modules in an + untrusted, world-writable directory. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A local attacker could create a malicious shared object that would be + loaded by VMware, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the + privileges of the user running VMware. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + The system administrator may create the file /tmp/rrdharan to prevent + malicious users from creating a directory at that location: + </p> + <code> + # touch /tmp/rrdharan</code> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All VMware Workstation users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/vmware-workstation-3.2.1.2242-r4"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0444">CVE-2005-0444</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sat, 12 Feb 2005 12:53:09 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sat, 12 Feb 2005 12:53:31 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 13 Feb 2005 19:36:17 +0000"> + taviso + </metadata> +</glsa> |