CVE-2011-1785 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

VMware ESXi 4.0 and 4.1 and ESX 4.0 and 4.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (socket exhaustion) via unspecified network traffic.

Published: 2011-05-03

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 3.4% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:4.1:::::::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2011-1783	VMware ESXi 4.0 and 4.1 and ESX 4.0 and 4.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (socket exhaustion) via unspecified network traffic.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03409.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1035108
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000133.html
http://osvdb.org/72118
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8240
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025452
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517739/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47627
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0007.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67195
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13242

History

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Subscriptions

Vmware Esx Esxi

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2011-05-03T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T22:37:25.763Z

Reserved: 2011-04-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-1785

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-05-03T22:55:03.010

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:30:07.187

Link: CVE-2011-1785

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-399

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