CVE-2008-4914 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Unspecified vulnerability in VMware ESXi 3.5 before ESXe350-200901401-I-SG and ESX 3.5 before ESX350-200901401-SG allows local administrators to cause a denial of service (host crash) via a snapshot with a malformed VMDK delta disk.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

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 0.00041.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Vmware Subscribe	Esx Subscribe Esxi Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:3.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:3.5:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-4893	Unspecified vulnerability in VMware ESXi 3.5 before ESXe350-200901401-I-SG and ESX 3.5 before ESX350-200901401-SG allows local administrators to cause a denial of service (host crash) via a snapshot with a malformed VMDK delta disk.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/33776
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33549
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021654
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0001.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0301
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5909

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-02-03T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:31:28.097Z

Reserved: 2008-11-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-4914

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2009-02-03T19:30:00.203

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-4914

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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