| Name | CVE-2014-4199 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 770809 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| open-vm-tools (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2:9.4.6-1770165-8+deb8u2 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2:10.1.5-5055683-4+deb9u6 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2:10.3.10-1+deb10u6 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 2:11.2.5-2+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 2:12.2.0-1+deb12u2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2:12.4.5-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| open-vm-tools | source | (unstable) | 2:9.4.6-1770165-7 | low | | 770809 |
Notes
[squeeze] - open-vm-tools <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - open-vm-tools <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/71