PT-2012-4051 · Vmware · Vmware Esxi

Published 2012-05-04 · Updated 2017-12-14 · CVE-2012-2448

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware ESXi versions 3.5 through 5.0 VMware ESX versions 3.5 through 4.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service, specifically a memory overwrite, via NFS traffic.

Recommendations For VMware ESXi versions 3.5 through 5.0, update to a version that is not affected by this issue. For VMware ESX versions 3.5 through 4.1, update to a version that is not affected by this issue.

Fix

DoS

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-2448

Affected Products

Vmware Esxi

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2448 · Security Note
• http://vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0009.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1027018 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2448 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/81693 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75375 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/53371 · Note