CVE-2013-5970 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

hostd-vmdb in VMware ESXi 4.0 through 5.0 and ESX 4.0 through 4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hostd-vmdb service outage) by modifying management traffic.

Published: 2013-10-21

Score: 7.1 High

EPSS: 1.5% 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:o:vmware:esx:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.1:::::::*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.0:::::::*

No data.

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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-2013-5800	hostd-vmdb in VMware ESXi 4.0 through 5.0 and ESX 4.0 through 4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hostd-vmdb service outage) by modifying management traffic.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01548.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/98719
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63216
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029206
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0012.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/88135

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Vmware Esx Esxi

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2013-10-21T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T17:29:42.359Z

Reserved: 2013-10-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-5970

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-10-21T10:54:30.553

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:59:49.363

Link: CVE-2013-5970

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-20
Improper Input Validation

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