---------------------------------------------------------------------- Stay Compliant Alerts, Technical Descriptions, PoC, Links to patches, CVSS, CVE, Changelogs, Alternative Remediation Strategies, and much more provided in the Secunia Vulnerability Intelligence solutions Free Trial http://secunia.com/products/corporate/evm/trial/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: VMware ESXi ntp Mode 7 Request Denial of Service SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA39972 VERIFY ADVISORY: Secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/39972/ Customer Area (Credentials Required) https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=39972 RELEASE DATE: 2010-05-28 DISCUSS ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/39972/#comments AVAILABLE ON SITE AND IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Last Update * Popularity * Comments * Criticality Level * Impact * Where * Solution Status * Operating System / Software * CVE Reference(s) http://secunia.com/advisories/39972/ ONLY AVAILABLE IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Authentication Level * Report Reliability * Secunia PoC * Secunia Analysis * Systems Affected * Approve Distribution * Remediation Status * Secunia CVSS Score * CVSS https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=39972 ONLY AVAILABLE WITH SECUNIA CSI AND SECUNIA PSI: * AUTOMATED SCANNING http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/ http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/wsus_sccm_3rd_third_party_patching/ DESCRIPTION: VMware has acknowledged a vulnerability in VMware ESXi, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the processing of mode 7 requests in ntpd. For more information: SA37629 The vulnerability is reported in VMware ESXi 3.5. SOLUTION: Restrict network access via a firewall. ORIGINAL ADVISORY: VMSA-2010-0009: http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000093.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/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help private users keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/advisories/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/advisories/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------