CVE-2015-7425

The Data Protection component in the VMware vSphere GUI in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware aka Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 6.3 before 6.3.2.5, 6.4 before 6.4.3.1, and 7.1 before 7.1.4 and Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for VMware aka...

How to get disk changed areas from CBT(changed block tracker) in vSphere

Purpose This article demonstrates how to pull the changed disk areas in a vSphere environment. Performing this task is intended as a way to demonstrate how changed block tracking functions for Veeam Backup & Replication jobs. The most common situation where this article comes into play is when a...

Repeated snapshot consolidation requests on VM by Snapshot Hunter

Article Applicability This article specifically applies to a situation where a VM was created using a third-party VDI, fast-provisioning application, or PowerCLI with the -LinkedClone parameter. Challenge Shortly after a backup or replication job runs, multiple Consolidate Snapshot operations are...

IBM TSM for Virtual Environments 6.3.x < 6.3.2.5 / 6.4.x < 6.4.3.1 / 7.1.x < 7.1.4.0 RCE

The version of IBM Tivoli Storage Manager TSM for Virtual Environments installed on the remote host is 6.3.x prior to 6.3.2.5, 6.4.x prior to 6.4.3.1, or 7.1.x prior to 7.1.4.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - An unspecified flaw exists in the user interface that allows...

Design/Logic Flaw

The Data Protection extension in the VMware GUI in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware aka Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 7.1 before 7.1.4 and Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for VMware aka Spectrum Protect Snapshot 4.1 before 4.1.4 allows...

CVE-2015-7429: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

The Data Protection extension in the VMware GUI in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for VMware aka Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 7.1 before 7.1.4 and Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for VMware aka Spectrum Protect Snapshot 4.1 before 4.1.4 allows...

VMware ESX / ESXi vSphere Client RCE (VMSA-2014-0003)

The remote VMware ESX / ESXi host is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability in the vSphere Client versions 4.0 / 4.1 due to improper validation of updates to client files. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a malicious link, to download and execute arbitrary code...

Collection of historical performance data fails after upgrading to vSphere 5.5 Update 3

Challenge After update to vCenter 5.5 U3 historical performance collection fails with error "Unable to collect performance. A specified parameter was not correct. querySpec.size". Cause With vCenter 5.5 Update 3 VMware has limited the size of query in order to protect the vCenter database more...

PT-2015-3312

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware vSphere Client versions 5.5 before U3e VMware vSphere Client versions 6.0 before U2a Description The issue is related to an XML External Entity XXE problem, where an XML document containing an external entity declaration in conjunction...

PT-2016-30: XML External Entity Injection in vSphere Client

The specialists of the Positive Research center have detected an XML External Entity Injection in vSphere Client. Vulnerability in the vSphere Client allows attackers to obtain sensitive information by tricking a user to connect to a malicious vCenter Server or ESXi. How to fix Update your softwa...

Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 8.0 Update 3

More Recent Version Available Please find the latest version of Veeam Backup & Replication here: Veeam Downloads - Latest Version Challenge Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 8.0 Update 3 Cause Please confirm you are running version 8.0.0.807, 8.0.0.817, 8.0.0.831, 8.0.0.917, 8.0.0.2018...

After applying update 1 for vSphere 6.0, Jobs fail with NFC storage unavailable

Challenge Jobs fail with error NFC storage unavailable. Within the agent..source.log file on the source proxy the following error can be found: ERR |SSL error, code: 336151568.error:14094410:SSL routines:SSL3READBYTES:sslv3 alert handshake failure Cause First with Update 1 for vSphere 6.0 and the...

CVE-2015-6277

The ARP implementation in Cisco NX-OS on Nexus 1000V devices for VMware vSphere 5.21SV31.4, Nexus 3000 devices 7.30ZD0.47, Nexus 4000 devices 4.12E1, Nexus 9000 devices 7.30ZD0.61, and MDS 9000 devices 7.00HSK0.353 and SAN-OS NX-OS on MDS 9000 devices 7.00HSK0.353 allows remote attackers to cause...

CVE-2015-6277

Cisco NX-OS ARP handling vulnerability (CVE-2015-6277) affects multiple Cisco platforms: Nexus 1000V (VMware vSphere 5.2(1)SV3(1.4)), Nexus 3000, Nexus 4000, Nexus 9000, MDS 9000 and SAN-OS NX-OS on MDS 9000. Root cause is improper input/packet-header field validation in the ARP implementation, a...

CVE-2015-6277

The ARP implementation in Cisco NX-OS on Nexus 1000V devices for VMware vSphere 5.21SV31.4, Nexus 3000 devices 7.30ZD0.47, Nexus 4000 devices 4.12E1, Nexus 9000 devices 7.30ZD0.61, and MDS 9000 devices 7.00HSK0.353 and SAN-OS NX-OS on MDS 9000 devices 7.00HSK0.353 allows remote attackers to cause...

CVE-2015-4323

Buffer overflow in Cisco NX-OS on Nexus 1000V devices for VMware vSphere 7.30ZN0.9; Nexus 3000 devices 6.02U51.41, 7.03I20.373, and 7.30ZN0.83; Nexus 4000 devices 4.12E11b; Nexus 7000 devices 6.214S1; Nexus 9000 devices 7.30ZN0.9; and MDS 9000 devices 6.2 13 and 7.10ZN91.99 and MDS SAN-OS...

CVE-2015-4324: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Buffer overflow in Cisco NX-OS on Nexus 1000V devices for VMware vSphere 7.30ZN0.81, Nexus 3000 devices 7.30ZN0.81, Nexus 4000 devices 4.12E11c, Nexus 7000 devices 7.20N10.1, and Nexus 9000 devices 7.30ZN0.81 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service IGMP process restart via a malforme...

VMware ESX and ESXi Server SOAP Request Handling Denial Of Service - Ver2 (CVE-2012-5703)

A denial of service vulnerability exists in VMware ESX and ESXi server. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of certain SOAP requests in the vSphere API. A remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending specially crafted messages to the affected server...

VMware vSphere Update Manager Java Vulnerability (VMSA-2015-0003)

The version of VMware vSphere Update Manager installed on the remote Windows host is 5.0 prior to Update 3d, 5.1 prior to Update 3a, 5.5 prior to Update 2e, or 6.0 prior to 6.0.0a. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability related to the bundled version of Oracle JRE prior to 1.7.076. A flaw...

Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 8.0 Update 2b

More Recent Version Available Please find the latest version of Veeam Backup & Replication here: Veeam Downloads - Latest Version Challenge Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 8.0 Update 2b Cause Please confirm you are running version 8.0.0.807, 8.0.0.817, 8.0.0.831, 8.0.0.917, 8.0.0.201...