CVE-2013-1661 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published 4 Sep 2013 Updated 16 Sep 2024

Man-in-the-middle attackers can crash VMware ESXi/ESX by modifying NFC protocol data streams, causing denial of service.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2013-1661?

CVE-2013-1661 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Vmware Esx, published on 4 Sep 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

VMware ESXi 4.0 through 5.1, and ESX 4.0 and 4.1, does not properly implement the Network File Copy (NFC) protocol, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (unhandled exception and application crash) by modifying the client-server data stream.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1661?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Vmware Esx, Vmware Esxi.

How do I fix CVE-2013-1661?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-1661 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2013-1661 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1661 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-x84p-w2wx-9hf2.