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Ubuntu: USN-543-1 Critical: VMWare DHCP Root Access Risk

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Calendar Grey November 15, 2007
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
External threats target VMWare DHCP server flaws in Ubuntu impacting various versions. Secure your systems immediately!
Neel Mehta and Ryan Smith discovered that the VMWare Player DHCP server did not correctly handle certain packet structures

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security advisory critical remote access memory corruption ubuntu dhcp vmware

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-543-1 November 15, 2007

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security advisory critical remote access memory corruption ubuntu dhcp vmware

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