http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?newsID=104088



By Tom Jowitt

Techworld

08 September 2008



VMware's recent release of a large number of patches for its 

virtualisation offerings is likely to be the first of many, as hackers 

increasingly focus their attention on virtualised environments.



That is according to security vendor, Fortify Software, which is urging 

caution among those companies looking to adopt virtualisation 

technology.



Last week, the virtualisation market leader VMware warned of at least 16 

vulnerabilities concerning VMware ACE, VMware Server, VMware ESX, VMware 

Workstation and VMware Player. The advisory also included links to a 

number of patches.



The US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) meanwhile said these 

vulnerabilities could allow hackers to execute arbitrary code, cause a 

denial-of-service condition, access the system with elevated privileges, 

or obtain sensitive information.



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