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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-0381 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:51:08.255Z

Reserved: 2011-01-07T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-0355

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2011-02-17T18:00:03.557

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-0355

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