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CVE-2011-0355
Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Module (VEM) 4.0(4) SV1(1) through SV1(3b), as used in VMware ESX 4.0 and 4.1 and ESXi 4.0 and 4.1,…
High7.8EPSS 2.0%
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- cisco
Description
Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Module (VEM) 4.0(4) SV1(1) through SV1(3b), as used in VMware ESX 4.0 and 4.1 and ESXi 4.0 and 4.1, does not properly handle dropped packets, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (ESX or ESXi host OS crash) by sending an 802.1Q tagged packet over an access vEthernet port, aka Cisco Bug ID CSCtj17451.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 19% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- 43084 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20110208 VMSA-2011-0002 Cisco Nexus 1000V VEM updates address denial of service in VMware ESX/ESXi (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- cisco-nexus-packets-dos(65217) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1025030 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0314 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 46247 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [security-announce] 20110207 VMSA-2011-0002 Cisco Nexus 1000V VEM updates address denial of service in VMware ESX/ESXi (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 8090 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 70837 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0002.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus1000/sw/4_0_4_s_v_1_3_c/release/notes/n1000v_rn.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0315 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .