VMware ESXi 4.0/4.1 resource management

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in VMware ESXi 4.0/4.1 (Virtualization Software). This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

VMware ESXi 4.0 and 4.1 and ESX 4.0 and 4.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (socket exhaustion) via unspecified network traffic.

The weakness was shared 05/03/2011 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-1785. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 53592 (VMSA-2011-0007 : VMware ESXi and ESX Denial of Service and third-party updates for Likewise components and ESX Service Console), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family VMware ESX Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 216007 (VMWare ESXi 4.1.0 Patch Release ESXi410-201104001 Missing (KB1035111)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (67195), Tenable (53592), SecurityFocus (BID 47627†), OSVDB (72118†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1025452†). The entries VDB-55596, VDB-55595, VDB-55591 and VDB-55590 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 53592
Nessus Name: VMSA-2011-0007 : VMware ESXi and ESX Denial of Service and third-party updates for Likewise components and ESX Service Console
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OpenVAS ID: 103450
OpenVAS Name: VMSA-2011-0007 VMware ESXi and ESX Denial of Service and third party updates for Likewise components and ESX Service Console
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-1785 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-1785
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-57339

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X-Force: 67195
SecurityFocus: 47627 - VMware ESXi and ESX Socket Exhaustion Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 72118
SecurityTracker: 1025452
Vulnerability Center: 31418 - VMware ESXi 4.0 and 4.1 and ESX 4.0 and 4.1 Remote DoS Vulnerability via Unspecified Network Traffic, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413
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Created: 03/23/2015 04:50 PM
Updated: 12/28/2024 06:31 PM
Changes: 03/23/2015 04:50 PM (63), 03/22/2017 09:48 AM (9), 11/05/2021 10:25 PM (4), 11/05/2021 10:38 PM (1), 12/28/2024 06:31 PM (15)
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