Vulnerability in Cisco 1000v Virtual Ethernet Module \(Vem\)
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.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.020 (79.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 79.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Cisco 1000v Virtual Ethernet Module \(Vem\) — versions 4.0\(4\), 4.0(4)
- VMware Esx — versions 4.0, 4.1
- VMware Esxi — versions 4.0, 4.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/43084 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516259/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65217 (vdb-entry)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0314 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/46247 (vdb-entry)
- lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000118.html (mailing-list)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/8090 (third-party-advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/70837 (vdb-entry)
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0002.html (Vendor Advisory)