CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-5703
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-11-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The vSphere API in VMware ESXi 4.1 and ESX 4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (host daemon crash) via an invalid value in a (1) RetrieveProp or (2) RetrievePropEx SOAP request.
Affected configurations
• vmware esx 4.1
• vmware esxi 4.1
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/vmware-esx-input-validation-error www.coresecurity.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56571 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027782 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0016.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/vmware-esx-input-validation-error www.coresecurity.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56571 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027782 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0016.html Vendor Advisory