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VMSA-2010-0014.1

VMware Workstation, Player, and ACE address several security issues.

1. Summary

VMware Workstation and Player address a potential installer security issue and security issues in libpng. VMware ACE Management Server (AMS) for Windows updates Apache httpd.

2. Relevant releases

VMware Workstation 7.1.1 and earlier,

VMware Workstation 6.5.4 and earlier,


VMware Player 3.1.1 and earlier,

VMware Player 2.5.4 and earlier,


VMware ACE Management Server 2.7.1 and earlier,


Note: VMware Server was declared End Of Availability on January 2010, support will be limited to Technical Guidance for the duration of the support term.

3. Problem Description

a. VMware Workstation and Player installer security issue

The Workstation 7.x and Player 3.x installers will load an index.htm file located in the current working directory on which Workstation 7.x or Player 3.x is being installed. This may allow an attacker to display a malicious file if they manage to get their file onto the system prior to installation.
The issue can only be exploited at the time that Workstation 7.x or Player 3.x is being installed. Installed versions of Workstation and Player are not affected. The security issue is no longer present in the installer of the new versions of Workstation 7.x and Player 3.x (see table below for the version numbers).
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2010-3277 to this issue.
VMware would like to thank Alexander Trofimov and Marc Esher for independently reporting this issue to VMware.
The following table lists what action remediates the vulnerability (column 4) if a solution is available.

* Note: This only affects the installer, if you have a version of Workstation or Player installed you are not vulnerable.

b. Third party libpng updated to version 1.2.44

A buffer overflow condition in libpng is addressed that could potentially lead to code execution with the privileges of the application using libpng. Two potential denial of service issues are also addressed in the update.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2010-1205, CVE-2010-0205, CVE-2010-2249 to these issues.
The following table lists what action remediates the vulnerability (column 4) if a solution is available.

c. VMware ACE Management Server (AMS) for Windows updates Apache httpd

A function in Apache HTTP Server when multithreaded MPM is used does not properly handle headers in subrequests in certain circumstances which may allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted request that triggers access to memory locations associated with an earlier request.
The Apache mod_isapi module can be forced to unload a specific library before the processing of a request is complete, resulting in memory corruption. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2010-0434 and CVE-2010-0425 to the issues addressed in this update.
Column 4 of the following table lists the action required to remediate the vulnerability in each release, if a solution is available.

* Note CVE-2010-0425 is not applicable to AMS running on Linux

4. Solution

Please review the patch/release notes for your product and version and verify the md5sum and/or the sha1sum of your downloaded file.

VMware Workstation 7.1.2
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http://www.vmware.com/download/ws/
Release notes:
http://downloads.vmware.com/support/ws71/doc/releasenotes_ws712.html

Workstation for Windows 32-bit and 64-bit with VMware Tools
md5sum: 2e9715ec297dc3ca904ad2707d3e2614
sha1sum: 55b2b99f67c3dacd402fb9880999086efd264e7a
Workstation for Windows 32-bit and 64-bit without VMware Tools
md5sum: 066929f59aef46f11f4d9fd6c6b36e4d
sha1sum: def776a28ee1a21b1ad26e836ae868551fff6fc3

Workstation 6.5.5
----------------
http://www.vmware.com/download/ws/
Release notes:
http://downloads.vmware.com/support/ws65/doc/releasenotes_ws655.html

Workstation for Windows 32-bit and 64-bit
md5sum: 7bff9b621529efb0de808a45e7821274
sha1sum: 41af7a9a78717cb85dd30b4d830e99fd5de49cc1

Workstation for Linux 32-bit (rpm)
md5sum: 17c3f1a0e6ccf2b1e224a5d75c845a47
sha1sum: 3027b4e2215fae84fa9311f8cd762fee17e89df0

Workstation for Linux 32-bit (rpm)
md5sum: 17c3f1a0e6ccf2b1e224a5d75c845a47
sha1sum: 3027b4e2215fae84fa9311f8cd762fee17e89df0

Workstation for Linux 32-bit (bundle)
md5sum: 7c24811fb999204f144d8b9f50e9fcae
sha1sum: 18a05e6f4f772b7f0563dbd17596b66d1db8e9fa

Workstation for Linux 64-bit (rpm)
md5sum: c25c2535d8091c4d46701ed081347901
sha1sum: f4356bc224ea9805dac2d4b677f88a2f4220353e

Workstation for Linux 64-bit (bundle)
md5sum: 7012bdaf182d256672ff2eb24b00a40f
sha1sum: 58ecb2a494d4c7cc663e2028cf76c13d458fecac

VMware Player 3.1.2
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http://www.vmware.com/download/player/
Release notes:
http://downloads.vmware.com/support/player31/doc/releasenotes_player312.html

VMware Player for Windows 32-bit and 64-bit
md5sum: 3f289cb33af5e425c92d8512fb22a7ba
sha1sum: bf67240c1f410ebeb8dcb4f6d7371334bf9a6b70

VMware Player for Linux 32-bit
md5sum: 11e3e3e8753e1d9abbbb92c4e3c1dfe8
sha1sum: dd1dbcdb1f4654eefc11472b68934dcb69842749

VMware Player for Linux 64-bit
md5sum: 2ab08e0d4050719845a64d334ca15bb1
sha1sum: f024ad84ec831fce8667dfa9601851da5d9fa59c

VMware Player 2.5.5
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http://www.vmware.com/download/player/
Release notes:
https://www.vmware.com/support/player25/doc/releasenotes_player255.html

VMware Player 2.5.5 for Windows 32-bit and 64-bit
md5sum: 780b2c4e2b1610dea3090b1cd81d5ad7
sha1sum: f6c451a11a4fe66e5a465de960de1358e83b8314

VMware Player 2.5.5 for Linux 32-bit (rpm)
md5sum: 9e13ee3904bd2377ffb8cfa66460fe92
sha1sum: 2482acad19f6b23cf0c236d1ce87d4805b7b0e6c

VMware Player 2.5.5 for Linux 32-bit (bundle)
md5sum: 46dcfe9343f688d60e249d9e9c3853a4
sha1sum: abfdeaf2cac83c630662607e7b95439367376abf

VMware Player 2.5.5 for Linux 64-bit (rpm)
md5sum: 52d6dcdeed9e564c8cfe8c35cec885f0
sha1sum: dbaa6dac55f592b9c6b16d7505796a2580836f4b

VMware Player 2.5.5 for Linux 64-bit (bundle)
md5sum: 6c9a677820010ccd20f829cb5d2c057b
sha1sum: ff6eccba3125229e8adbc1cb96764c2f116d89c5

VMware ACE Management Server 2.7.2
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https://downloads.vmware.com/d/info/desktop_downloads/vmware_ace/2_7
Release notes:
https://downloads.vmware.com/support/ace27/doc/releasenotes_ace272.html

ACE Management Server for Windows
md5sum: 02f0072b8e48a98ed914b633f070d550
sha1sum: 94a68eac4a328d21a741879b9d063227c0dc1ce4

5. References

CVE numbers
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi

6. Change log

2010-09-23 VMSA-2010-0014
Initial security advisory after release of Workstation 7.1.2, Player 3.1.2 and ACE Management Server 2.7.2 on 2010-09-23

2011-09-19 VMSA-2010-0014.1
Updated security advisory to reflect that the third party library libpng has been updated in Workstation 6.5.5 and Player 2.5.5 released on 2010-12-02.

7. Contact

E-mail list for product security notifications and announcements:
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This Security Advisory is posted to the following lists:

• security-announce at lists.vmware.com
• bugtraq at securityfocus.com
• full-disclosure at lists.grok.org.uk