CVE-2011-0355

Description

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65217

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0315

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0314

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0002.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46247

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516259/100/0/threaded

http://www.osvdb.org/70837

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus1000/sw/4_0_4_s_v_1_3_c/release/notes/n1000v_rn.html

http://securitytracker.com/id?1025030

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8090

http://secunia.com/advisories/43084

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000118.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3