CVE-2013-1659

Severity

76%

Complexity

49%

Confidentiality

165%

VMware vCenter Server 4.0 before Update 4b, 5.0 before Update 2, and 5.1 before 5.1.0b; VMware ESXi 3.5 through 5.1; and VMware ESX 3.5 through 4.1 do not properly implement the Network File Copy (NFC) protocol, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by modifying the client-server data stream.

VMware vCenter Server 4.0 before Update 4b, 5.0 before Update 2, and 5.1 before 5.1.0b; VMware ESXi 3.5 through 5.1; and VMware ESX 3.5 through 4.1 do not properly implement the Network File Copy (NFC) protocol, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by modifying the client-server data stream.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.6. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 12 years ago

2013-02-22 20:55:00

Last updated 12 years ago

2013-02-25 05:00:00

Affected Software

VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) 5.1

5.1

VMware vCenter Server 5.0

5.0

VMware vCenter Server 5.0 update 1

5.0

VMWare ESXi 3.5

3.5

VMWare ESXi 3.5 update 1

3.5

VMWare ESXi 4.0

4.0

VMWare ESXi 4.0 update 1

4.0

VMWare ESXi 4.0 update 2

4.0

VMWare ESXi 4.0 update 3

4.0

VMWare ESXi 4.0 update 4

4.0

VMWare ESXi 4.1

4.1

VMWare ESXi 4.1 update 1

4.1

VMWare ESXi 4.1 update 2

4.1

VMWare ESXi 5.0

5.0

VMWare ESXi 5.0 update 1

5.0

VMWare ESXi 5.0 update 2

5.0

VMWare ESXi 5.1

5.1

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