CVE-2005-4459

VMWare Workstation <5.5-ACE 1.0.1 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the NAT networking components vmnat.exe and vmnet-natd in VMWare Workstation 5.5, GSX Server 3.2, ACE 1.0.1, and Player 1.0 allows remote authenticated attackers, including guests, to execute arbitrary code via crafted (1) EPRT and (2) PORT FTP commands.

References (13)

Core 13
Core References
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/18344
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/282
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3013
Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/18162
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-04.xml
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15998
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015401
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/856689
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419997/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420017/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/289

Scores

EPSS 0.6337
EPSS Percentile 98.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (20)
vmware/ace 1.0
vmware/gsx_server 2.0
vmware/gsx_server 2.0.1_build_2129
vmware/gsx_server 2.5.1
vmware/gsx_server 2.5.1_build_5336
vmware/gsx_server 2.5.2
vmware/gsx_server 3.0
vmware/gsx_server 3.0_build_7592
vmware/gsx_server 3.1
vmware/gsx_server 3.2
... and 10 more
Published Dec 21, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026