01 Record
CVE-2011-0355
Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Module (VEM) 4.0(4) SV1(1) through SV1(3b), as used in VMware ESX 4.0 and 4.1 and ESXi 4.0 and 4.1, does not properly handle dropped packets, which allows guest OS
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: cisco
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Module (VEM) 4.0(4) SV1(1) through SV1(3b), as used in VMware ESX 4.0 and 4.1 and ESXi 4.0 and 4.1, does not properly handle dropped packets, which allows guest OS
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.98% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 80.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2011-02-17 17:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 21:51Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-01-07
- Assigning CNA
- cisco
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 14f1fce029a5db8d0f9994e66f2eb105e3c1cefe07693c052fe8537258a1c35c
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- secunia.com43084http://secunia.com/advisories/43084
- www.securityfocus.com20110208 VMSA-2011-0002 Cisco Nexus 1000V VEM updates address denial of service in VMware ESX/ESXihttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516259/100/0/threaded
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comcisco-nexus-packets-dos(65217)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65217
- securitytracker.com1025030http://securitytracker.com/id?1025030
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0314http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0314
- www.securityfocus.com46247http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46247
- lists.vmware.com[security-announce] 20110207 VMSA-2011-0002 Cisco Nexus 1000V VEM updates address denial of service in VMware ESX/ESXihttp://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000118.html
- securityreason.com8090http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8090
- www.osvdb.org70837http://www.osvdb.org/70837
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0002.html
- www.cisco.comhttp://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus1000/sw/4_0_4_s_v_1_3_c/release/notes/n1000v_rn.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0315http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0315