CVE-2008-1362

Publication date 20 March 2008

Last updated 17 July 2025


Ubuntu priority

Description

VMware Workstation 6.0.x before 6.0.3 and 5.5.x before 5.5.6, VMware Player 2.0.x before 2.0.3 and 1.0.x before 1.0.6, VMware ACE 2.0.x before 2.0.1 and 1.0.x before 1.0.5, and VMware Server 1.0.x before 1.0.5 on Windows allow local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service by impersonating the authd process through an unspecified use of an "insecurely created named pipe," a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1361.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
vmware-player 7.10 gutsy Not in release
7.04 feisty Ignored
6.10 edgy Ignored
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored
vmware-server 7.10 gutsy Ignored
7.04 feisty Ignored
6.10 edgy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

Notes


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Windows only


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