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CVE-2011-0355

Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Module (VEM) 4.0(4) SV1(1) through SV1(3b), as used in VMware ESX 4.0 and 4.1 and ESXi 4.0 and 4.1, does not properly handle dropped packets, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (ESX or ESXi host OS crash) by sending an 802.1Q tagged packet over an access vEthernet port, aka Cisco Bug ID CSCtj17451.

Published

2011-02-17T18:00:03.557

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-399
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application cisco 1000v_virtual_ethernet_module_\(vem\) 4.0\(4\) Yes
Application cisco 1000v_virtual_ethernet_module_\(vem\) 4.0\(4\) Yes
Application cisco 1000v_virtual_ethernet_module_\(vem\) 4.0\(4\) Yes
Application cisco 1000v_virtual_ethernet_module_\(vem\) 4.0\(4\) Yes
Application cisco 1000v_virtual_ethernet_module_\(vem\) 4.0\(4\) Yes
Application vmware esx 4.0 Yes
Application vmware esx 4.1 Yes
Application vmware esxi 4.0 Yes
Application vmware esxi 4.1 Yes
References