CVE-2015-1044

Severity

32%

Complexity

65%

Confidentiality

48%

vmware-authd (aka the Authorization process) in VMware Workstation 10.x before 10.0.5, VMware Player 6.x before 6.0.5, and VMware ESXi 5.0 through 5.5 allows attackers to cause a host OS denial of service via unspecified vectors.

vmware-authd (aka the Authorization process) in VMware Workstation 10.x before 10.0.5, VMware Player 6.x before 6.0.5, and VMware ESXi 5.0 through 5.5 allows attackers to cause a host OS denial of service via unspecified vectors.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 3.3. CVSS Attack Vector: adjacent_network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

VMWare

First reported 10 years ago

2015-01-29 18:59:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-09-08 01:29:00

Affected Software

VMWare Workstation 10.0

10.0

VMWare Workstation 10.0.1

10.0.1

VMWare Workstation 10.0.2

10.0.2

VMWare Workstation 10.0.3

10.0.3

VMWare ESXi 5.0

5.0

VMWare ESXi 5.0 update 1

5.0

VMWare ESXi 5.0 update 2

5.0

VMWare ESXi 5.1

5.1

VMWare ESXi 5.1 Update 1

5.1

VMWare ESXi 5.5

5.5

References

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Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

1031645

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

1031646

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2015-0001.html

Patch, Vendor Advisory

vmware-cve20151044-dos(100935)

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