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| Version | Date Released | Status | Release Notes |
| 4.0.3 B70305 | May 4, 2012 | New Release | VMware floppy device out-of-bounds memory write: · Due to a flaw in the virtual floppy configuration it was possible to perform an out-of-bounds memory write. This vulnerability allowed a guest user to crash the VMX process or to potentially execute code on the host. · The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2012-2449 to this issue. VMware SCSI device unchecked memory write: · Due to a flaw in the SCSI device registration it was possible to perform an unchecked write into memory. This vulnerability allowed a guest user to crash the VMX process or to potentially execute code on the host. · The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2012-2450 to this issue. |
| 4.0.2 B59124 | Jan 25, 2012 | New Release | The following issues are resolved in VMware Player 4.0.2: · The ACLs on the PID files needed improvement. VMware thanks Inode0 for bringing this to our attention. · Releasing input from the guest to the host, for example, moving the cursor from the virtual machine window to the host screen, failed with an unrecoverable error. · Copying and pasting from a guest to an Ubuntu 11.10 host failed. · Shared folders did not work in Fedora 16 and OpenSuse 12.1 guests. · In Ubuntu 11.10 hosts, key repeat was disabled after ungrabbing or quitting VMware Player. · On a Windows host, a virtual machine configured to use a physical disk or partition failed to power on if the host had a volume backed by more than one physical disk, for example, a RAID system. |
| 4.0 B471780 | Oct 5, 2011 | New Release | Installation Changes and Enhanced Keyboards: · The hardware requirements to install this version of Workstation have changed. Workstation now requires a relatively modern 64-bit CPU. Virtual Hardware Improvements: · The display technology has been changed to provide a better experience for Unity users and users who have multiple monitors. These changes also allow you to add a projector to your laptop without restarting your virtual machine. · Virtual machines can now support up to 64GB of memory. The host system should have more than 64GB of memory to use this feature. · An HD Audio device is available for Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 2008, and Windows 2008 R2 guests. The HD Audio device is compatible with the RealTek ALC888 7.1 Channel High Definition Audio Codec. |
| 3.1.4 B33855 | Mar 30, 2011 | New Release | · Adds support for Windows 7 SP1 and Ubuntu 10.10 guest and host operating systems. The following issues are resolved in VMware Player 3.1.4: · In Player 3.1, the default main memory VA cache size (mainMem.vaCacheSize) for 32-bit Windows guests was reduced to accommodate 3D emulation memory requirements. However, the reduced value resulted in performance loss. For 3.1.4, the default main memory VA cache size has been be increased to 1000 MB and performance is improved. · Because Player failed to identify more than 10 USB host controllers in newer Windows guests, some USB devices did not appear in the Removable Devices menu. Now Player shows all USB devices in the Removable Devices menu as long as they are connected to the first identified 16 USB controllers. · The application vmware-modconfig UI could not start up in a KDE 4 session in a SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) 11 environment. |
| 3.1.2 B30154 | Sep 28, 2010 | New Release | · Starting from this release, VMware has set the killbit on its ActiveX controls. Setting the killbit ensures that ActiveX controls cannot run in Internet Explorer (IE), and avoids security issues involving ActiveX controls in IE. See the KB article 240797 available from Microsoft and the related references on this topic. · Security vulnerabilities have been reported for ActiveX controls provided by VMware when run in IE. Under specific circumstances, exploitation of these ActiveX controls might result in denial-of-service or allow running of arbitrary code when the user browses a malicious Web site or opens a malicious file in IE browser. An attempt to run unsafe ActiveX controls in Internet Explorer might result in pop-up windows warning the user. · Note: IE can be configured to run unsafe ActiveX controls without prompting. VMware recommends that you retain the default settings in IE, which prompts when unsafe actions are requested. |
| 3.0.1 B22760 | Feb 23, 2010 | New Release | · Starting from this release, VMware has set the killbit on its ActiveX controls. Setting the killbit ensures that ActiveX controls cannot run in Internet Explorer (IE), and avoids security issues involving ActiveX controls in IE. See the KB article 240797 available from Microsoft and the related references on this topic. · Security vulnerabilities have been reported for ActiveX controls provided by VMware when run in IE. Under specific circumstances, exploitation of these ActiveX controls might result in denial-of-service or allow running of arbitrary code when the user browses a malicious Web site or opens a malicious file in IE browser. An attempt to run unsafe ActiveX controls in Internet Explorer might result in pop-up windows warning the user. · Note: IE can be configured to run unsafe ActiveX controls without prompting. VMware recommends that you retain the default settings in IE, which prompts when unsafe actions are requested. |
| 2.5.3 Build | Aug 20, 2009 | New Release | Ubuntu 9.04 is fully supported. |
| 2.5.3 Buil | Aug 20, 2009 | New Release | Ubuntu 9.04 is fully supported. |
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