CVE-2013-5970 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in VMware ESXi and ESX by modifying management traffic, affecting hostd-vmdb service availability.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not stated
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2013-5970?
CVE-2013-5970 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Vmware Esx, published on 21 Oct 2013. It can be exploited over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-5970?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Vmware Esx, Vmware Esxi.
How do I fix CVE-2013-5970?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-5970 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-2013-5970 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-5970 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Esx
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f9r9-jxqh-vph4.