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TITLE:
VMware ESX Server / ESXi Multiple Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA49019

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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http://secunia.com/advisories/49019/
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https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=49019

RELEASE DATE:
2012-05-04

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http://secunia.com/advisories/49019/

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https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=49019

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DESCRIPTION:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in VMware ESX Server and
VMware ESXi, which can be exploited by malicious, local users in a
guest virtual machine to gain escalated privileges and by malicious
people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise
a vulnerable system.

1) Errors when handling RPC commands can be exploited to cause a
crash and potentially execute arbitrary code.

2) An error when parsing NFS traffic can be exploited to corrupt
memory.

3) An error in the virtual floppy device can be exploited to cause an
out-of-bounds write.

4) An error in the virtual SCSI device can be exploited to cause an
out-of-bounds write.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Please see the vendor's advisory for a list of affected versions.

SOLUTION:
Update to a fixed version (please see the vendor's advisory for
details).

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
1) The vendor credits Derek Soeder.
2-4) Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
VMSA-2012-0009:
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0009.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

DEEP LINKS:
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EXTENDED SOLUTION:
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EXPLOIT:
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http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

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