PT-2012-1002 · Vmware · Vmware Esxi+1

Published 2012-03-16 · Updated 2017-12-13 · CVE-2012-1508

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware ESXi versions 4.0 through 5.0 VMware ESX versions 4.0 through 4.1 VMware View version prior to 4.6.1

Description The issue allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges or cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors, related to a buffer overflow in the XPDM display driver.

Recommendations For VMware ESXi versions 4.0 through 5.0, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For VMware ESX versions 4.0 through 4.1, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For VMware View version prior to 4.6.1, update to version 4.6.1 or later.

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2014-00006

CVE-2012-1508

Affected Products

Vmware Esxi

Vmware View

References · 13

• http://vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0005.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2014-00006 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1508 · Security Note
• http://vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0004.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/52524 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1026814 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48379 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/80115 · Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0071.html · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17183 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48378 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1026818 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1508 · Note