Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2008-4914 (CCN-48416)

Assigned:2008-11-03
Published:2009-01-30
Updated:2017-09-29
Summary:Unspecified vulnerability in VMware ESXi 3.5 before ESXe350-200901401-I-SG and ESX 3.5 before ESX350-200901401-SG allows local administrators to cause a denial of service (host crash) via a snapshot with a malformed VMDK delta disk.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:4.7 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
3.5 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
4.6 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
3.4 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-noinfo
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2008-4914

Source: CCN
Type: SA33776
VMware ESX / ESXi VMDK Delta Disk Denial of Service Weakness

Source: SECUNIA
Type: Vendor Advisory
33776

Source: CCN
Type: SECTRACK ID: 1021654
VMware ESX Server VMDK Delta Disk Processing Lets Local Administrative Users Deny Service

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 52705
VMware ESX / ESXi Malformed VMDK Delta Disk Handling DoS

Source: BID
Type: Patch
33549

Source: CCN
Type: BID-33549
VMware ESX VMDK Delta Disk Host Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Source: SECTRACK
Type: UNKNOWN
1021654

Source: CCN
Type: VMSA-2009-0001
ESX patches address an issue loading corrupt virtual disks and update Service Console packages

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0001.html

Source: VUPEN
Type: UNKNOWN
ADV-2009-0301

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
vmware-esxesxi-vmdk-dos(48416)

Source: OVAL
Type: UNKNOWN
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5909

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:vmware:esx:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:vmware:esxi:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:vmware:esx_server:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5909
    V
    VMware ESX Server VMDK Delta Disk Processing Lets Local Administrative Users Deny Service
    2010-05-17
    BACK
    vmware esx 3.5
    vmware esxi 3.5
    vmware esx server 3.5