Download VMware Fusion 2.0.6 build 196839

VMware has released an update to Fusion, the program that creates virtual machines on an Intel processor-equipped Mac OS X machine. In this way it is possible to run, for example, Windows, Linux or Solaris alongside the existing operating system. In version 2.0.6 build 196839 several problems have been solved with running Fusion under Snow Leopard, version 10.6 of Mac OS X. Furthermore, the Improved 3D performance of nVidia graphics cards and fixes some bugs. The full changelog of this release looks like this:

What’s New

• Fixes multiple issues when running VMware Fusion 2.0.x on Mac OS X Snow Leopard (32-bit kernel mode)
• Provides improved 3D performance on Macs with NVIDIA graphics cards running Mac OS X 10.6
• Contains fixes for more than 20 bugs

Resolved Issues

• Kernel denial of service vulnerability An integer overflow vulnerability in the vmx86 kernel extension allows for a denial of service by an unprivileged user.
  The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2009-3282 to this issue.
• Kernel code execution vulnerability
  An ioctl vulnerability in the vmx86 kernel extension allows for executing arbitrary code in the kernel context by an unprivileged user.
  The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2009-3281 to this issue.
• VMware Fusion displays licensing error despite valid license after upgrading to Mac OS X 10.6
  After upgrading to Mac OS X 10.6, VMware Fusion might display the following error message:
  This copy of VMware Fusion is not yet licensed
• Driverless printing does not work correctly in Mac OS X 10.6
  After upgrading to Mac OS X 10.6, the driverless printing software that VMware Fusion uses might print unintelligible output.
• File icons are displayed incorrectly on Mac OS X 10.6
  On Mac OS X 10.6 host operating systems, the icons for files that open in a Windows application might be displayed incorrectly.