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TITLE:
VMware ESX Server / ESXi Multiple Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA44391

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http://secunia.com/advisories/44391/
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https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=44391

RELEASE DATE:
2011-04-30

DISCUSS ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/44391/#comments

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DESCRIPTION:
VMware has acknowledged multiple vulnerabilities in VMware ESX Server
and ESXi, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a
DoS (Denial of Service) and gain escalated privileges, malicious
users and malicious people to conduct spoofing attacks and bypass
certain security restrictions, and by malicious people to cause a
DoS.

For more information:
SA37977
SA40965
SA42396
SA44349

1) An error related to the socket handling can be exploited to
exhaust all available sockets, which can be exploited to stop the
host from accepting additional connections.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
1) The vendor credits Jimmy Scott, inet-solutions.be

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0007.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

DEEP LINKS:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXTENDED SOLUTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXPLOIT:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

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