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Gentoo: 200601-04 High: VMware Workstation NAT Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey January 7, 2006
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
The Gentoo security team has issued an alert regarding a critical vulnerability in VMware Workstation's NAT networking configuration that could potentially permit unauthorized code execution.
VMware guest operating systems can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges on the host operating system through a flaw in NAT networking

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200601-04 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: High Title: VMware Workstation: Vulnerability in NAT networking Date: January 07, 2006 Bugs: #116238 ID: 200601-04

Synopsis ======= VMware guest operating systems can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges on the host operating system through a flaw in NAT networking.
Background ========= VMware Workstation is a powerful virtual machine for developers and system administrators.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 vmware-workstation < 5.5.1.19175 >= 5.5.1.19175 *>= 4.5.3.19414
========== Tim Shelton discovered...

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