CVE-2015-8745

QEMU aka Quick Emulator built with a VMWARE VMXNET3 paravirtual NIC emulator support is vulnerable to crash issue. It could occur while reading Interrupt Mask Registers IMR. A privileged CAPSYSRAWIO guest user could use this flaw to crash the QEMU process instance resulting in DoS...

Entire VM restore fails with 'An error occurred while taking a snapshot: Error.'

Challenge Entire VM Restore fails with: An error occurred while taking a snapshot: Error. Cause This can occur when a workingDir entry in the VMX causes the VM to attempt to direct snapshots to a different datastore that is not present in the site where the restore is taking place. Solution To...

vm-support 0.88 File Overwrite / Information Disclosure

Author: dolevf Date: 18.6.2014 Version: vm-support latest version 0.88 Tested on: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Relevant CVEs: 2014-4199, 2014-4200 1. About the application ------------------------ VMware support is a tool designed to collect diagnostic information such as logs, configuration files...

Using the vSphere MOB (Managed Object Browser) to Troubleshoot Snapshot Creation

Purpose This article documents the procedure for manually creating a vSphere VM snapshot using the Managed Object Browser MOB. Solution Start by identifying the Managed Object Reference-ID MORef-ID of the VM for which the snapshot will be created. If the VM is being protected by Veeam Backup &...

Task for VM on ESXi 5.5 or 6.0 fails with "VDDK Error: 1"

Article Applicability This article discusses an issue resolved in ESXi 5.5 Patch 08 and ESXi 6.0 Patch 03. If the error "VDDK error: 1 Unknown error." occurs with an ESXi host running a version more recent than ESXi 5.5 Patch 08 or ESXi 6.0 Patch 03, it is advisable to engage with both VMware...

Veeam Backup Temporary Snapshot

Challenge A snapshot named VEEAM BACKUP TEMPORARY SNAPSHOT is found on a VMware Virtual Machine. Cause As detailed in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide, a snapshot is created on a VM that is being processed by a Veeam job. This creation of this snapshot causes the VM's base disks to be in...

Low: Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: libvirt bug fix and enhancement update

Updated libvirt packages that fix multiple bugs and add two enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The libvirt library is a C API for managing and interacting with the virtualization capabilities of Linux and other operating systems. These updated libvirt packages include...

BackTrack 5 R1 Released - Penetration Testing Distribution

BackTrack 5 R1 Released - Penetration Testing Distribution BackTrack is a Linux-based penetration testing arsenal that aids security professionals in the ability to perform assessments in a purely native environment dedicated to hacking. Regardless if you're making BackTrack your primary operatin...

How to reset vSphere Virtual Machine CBT

Purpose This document provides details for resetting the CBT Changed Block Tracking of a vSphere VM. The Veeam Backup & Replication may display the following message: CBT data is invalid, failing over to legacy incremental backup. No action is required, next job run should start using CBT again. ...

Update Rollup 2 for System Center 2022 Virtual Machine Manager

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Update Rollup 5 for System Center 2019 Virtual Machine Manager

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