CVE-2011-0355 (GCVE-0-2011-0355)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-02-17 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:51
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516259/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
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http://securitytracker.com/id?1025030 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0314 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46247 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announ… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8090 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.osvdb.org/70837 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-20… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacent… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0315 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Date Public
2011-02-07 00:00
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