Vigil@nce - VMware ESX, ESXi: denial of service via hostd-vmdb
November 2013 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can modify the management traffic of VMware ESX/ESXi,
in order to trigger a denial of service in hostd-vmdb.
Impacted products: ESX, ESXi, VMware vSphere Hypervisor
Severity: 2/4
Creation date: 18/10/2013
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The vmware-hostd service is used to administer an ESX/ESXi server.
However, an attacker can modify the management traffic of VMware
ESX/ESXi, in order to trigger a denial of service in hostd-vmdb.
Technical details are unknown.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/VMware-ESX-ESXi-denial-of-service-via-hostd-vmdb-13618