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Vigil@nce - VMware ESXi: denial of service via Hostd Failed Login
September 2019 by
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: ESXi, VMware vSphere Hypervisor.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: denial of service on server, denial of service on
service.
Provenance: intranet client.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 10/07/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker, inside a guest system, can trigger a fatal error via
Hostd Failed Login of VMware ESXi, in order to trigger a denial of
service on the host system.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/VMware-ESXi-denial-of-service-via-Hostd-Failed-Login-29728
