CVE-2007-0061: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 6.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The DHCP server in EMC VMware Workstation before 5.5.5 Build 56455 and 6.x before 6.0.1 Build 55017, Player before 1.0.5 Build 56455 and Player 2 before 2.0.1 Build 55017, ACE before 1.0.3 Build 54075 and ACE 2 before 2.0.1 Build 55017, and Server before 1.0.4 Build 56528 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed packet that triggers "corrupt stack memory."

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 6.06 only; version 6.10 only; version 7.04 only
• VMware Ace: from 1.0, before 1.0.3 (fixed in 1.0.3); from 2.0, before 2.0.1 (fixed in 2.0.1)
• VMware Esx: version 2.0.2 only; version 2.1.3 only; version 2.5.3 only; version 2.5.4 only; version 3.0.0 only; version 3.0.1 only
• VMware Player: from 1.0, before 1.0.5 (fixed in 1.0.5); from 2.0, before 2.0.1 (fixed in 2.0.1)
• VMware Server: from 1.0, before 1.0.4 (fixed in 1.0.4)
• VMware Workstation: from 5.5, before 5.5.5 (fixed in 5.5.5); from 6.0, before 6.0.1 (fixed in 6.0.1)

Published 2007-09-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.