CVE-2013-5970 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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 0.00769.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Vmware Subscribe	Esx Subscribe Esxi Subscribe

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:::::::*

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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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

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

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

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

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

Link: CVE-2013-5970

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

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

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

Link: CVE-2013-5970

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-20

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