UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4199

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4199
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4199.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4199
Related
Published
2014-08-28T15:14:00Z
Modified
2025-01-13T10:21:06Z
Summary
[none]
Details

vm-support 0.88 in VMware Tools, as distributed with VMware Workstation through 10.0.3 and other products, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in /tmp.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / open-vm-tools

Package

Name
open-vm-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/open-vm-tools@2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.4?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2013.*

2013.09.16-1328054-0ubuntu1
2013.09.16-1328054-0ubuntu2
2013.09.16-1328054-0ubuntu4
2013.09.16-1328054-0ubuntu5
2013.09.16-1328054-0ubuntu6

2:9.*

2:9.4.0-1280544-5
2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu1
2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu2
2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu4
2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu5
2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6
2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.2
2:9.4.0-1280544-5ubuntu6.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "low"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / open-vm-tools

Package

Name
open-vm-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/open-vm-tools@2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1

Affected versions

2:9.*

2:9.10.2-2822639-1ubuntu3

2:10.*

2:10.0.0-3000743-3ubuntu1
2:10.0.7-3227872-2ubuntu1
2:10.0.7-3227872-5ubuntu1~16.04.1
2:10.0.7-3227872-5ubuntu1~16.04.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "low",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-desktop"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-desktop-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:10.2.0-3~ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-dev"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / open-vm-tools

Package

Name
open-vm-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/open-vm-tools@2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.1

Affected versions

2:10.*

2:10.1.10-3
2:10.1.10-3build1
2:10.1.15-1
2:10.1.15-1build1
2:10.2.0-2
2:10.2.0-2build1
2:10.2.0-3
2:10.2.0-3ubuntu1
2:10.2.0-3ubuntu2
2:10.2.0-3ubuntu3
2:10.3.0-0ubuntu1~18.04.1
2:10.3.0-0ubuntu1~18.04.2
2:10.3.0-0ubuntu1~18.04.3
2:10.3.5-7~ubuntu0.18.04.1
2:10.3.10-1~ubuntu0.18.04.1

2:11.*

2:11.0.1-2ubuntu0.18.04.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "low",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-desktop"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-desktop-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2:11.0.5-4ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "open-vm-tools-dev"
        }
    ]
}