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Bug 414701 (CVE-2012-2449) - <app-emulation/vmware-{workstation-8.0.3,player-4.0.3} : Two Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities (CVE-2012-{2449,2450})
Summary: <app-emulation/vmware-{workstation-8.0.3,player-4.0.3} : Two Privilege Escala...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: CVE-2012-2449
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal trivial (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Security
URL: https://secunia.com/advisories/49032/
Whiteboard: ~1 [noglsa]
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Reported: 2012-05-05 10:10 UTC by Agostino Sarubbo
Modified: 2012-05-06 03:50 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev 2012-05-05 10:10:23 UTC 
From secunia security advisory at $URL:

Description
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in VMware Workstation, VMware Player, and VMware Fusion, which can be exploited by malicious, local users in a guest virtual machine to gain escalated privileges.

For more information see vulnerabilities #3 and #4 in:
https://secunia.com/advisories/49019/

The vulnerability is reported in the following products:
* VMware Workstation prior to 8.0.3.
* VMware Player prior to 4.0.3.
* VMware Fusion prior to 4.1.2.
Comment 1 Vadim Kuznetsov (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2012-05-05 17:28:25 UTC 
VMware Workstation 8.0.3 and VMware Player 4.0.3 are in the tree. Thanks.
Comment 2 Tim Sammut (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2012-05-06 03:50:10 UTC 
Great, thank you. Resolving noglsa.