VMware ESXi and ESX NFC Protocol Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:62077

Info

VMware ESXi and ESX NFC Protocol Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 62077
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2013-1661
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 29 2013 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 19 2015 09:28AM
Credit: Alex Chapman of Context Information Security
Vulnerable: VMWare ESXi 5.0
VMWare ESXi 4.1
VMWare ESXi 4.0
VMWare ESX 4.1
VMWare ESX 4.0
Avaya Aura System Manager 6.2
Avaya Aura Session Manager 6.2.1
Avaya Aura Session Manager 6.2
Avaya Aura Presence Services 6.1.1
Avaya Aura Presence Services 6.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

VMware ESXi and ESX NFC Protocol Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

VMware ESXi and ESX are prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to crash the affected application, triggering a denial-of-service condition.

ESXi 4.0, 4.1, 5.0, 5.1 and ESX 4.0, 4.1 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

VMware ESXi and ESX NFC Protocol Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

VMware ESXi and ESX NFC Protocol Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.


VMWare ESX 4.1

VMWare ESX 4.0

VMWare ESXi 4.1

VMWare ESXi 5.1

VMWare ESXi 5.0

VMWare ESXi 4.0

References

VMware ESXi and ESX NFC Protocol Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

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