CVE-2016-2271

VMX in Xen 4.6.x and earlier, when using an Intel or Cyrix CPU, allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service guest crash via vectors related to a non-canonical RIP...

VMX: guest user mode may crash guest with non-canonical RIP

ISSUE DESCRIPTION VMX refuses attempts to enter a guest with an instruction pointer which doesn't satisfy certain requirements. In particular, the instruction pointer needs to be canonical when entering a guest currently in 64-bit mode. This is the case even if the VM entry information specifies ...

xen-kernel -- VMX: guest user mode may crash guest with non-canonical RIP

The Xen Project reports: VMX refuses attempts to enter a guest with an instruction pointer which doesn't satisfy certain requirements. In particular, the instruction pointer needs to be canonical when entering a guest currently in 64-bit mode. This is the case even if the VM entry information...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2014-3096)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-3096 advisory. - net: sctp: fix panic on duplicate ASCONF chunks Daniel Borkmann Orabug: 19953088 CVE-2014-3687 - net: sctp: fix skboverpanic when receiving...

CVE-2014-3690

CVE-2014-3690 affects arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel’s KVM subsystem on Intel, where the CR4 control register value may not be preserved across VM entries. The vendor-provided details in connected Nessus advisories describe a local attacker with access to /dev/kvm who can kill arbitrary p...

Failed to lock file on VM PowerOn (SureBackup\Instant Recovery)

Challenge SureBackup or Instant VM Recovery fails with an error relating to failure to power on. The SureBackup log file contains the following error: Info VimApi PowerOffVM, type "VirtualMachine", ref "vm-xxxx" Error SureBackup operation has been failed Info VimApi PowerOffVM, type...

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...

VMware Player 1.0.1 Build 19317 Malformed VMX File Denial of Service Vulnerability

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18515/info VMware Player is susceptible to a denial-of-service vulnerability. This issue is due to the application's failure to properly handle excessively long data. This issue allows remote attackers to cause affected...

VMSA-2014-0001 VMware Workstation, Player, Fusion, ESXi, ESX and vCloud Director address several security issues

VMware Workstation, Player, Fusion, ESXi, ESX and vCloud Director address several security issues. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbVMSA-2014-0001.nasl 6750 2017-07-18 09:56:47Z teissa $ VMSA-2014-0001: VMware Workstation, Player, Fusion, ESXi, ESX and vCloud Director address several security...

VMware Workstation 9.x < 9.0.1 VMX Process DoS (VMSA-2014-0001)

The version of VMware Workstation installed on the remote host is version 9.x prior to 9.0.1. It is, therefore, reportedly affected by a denial of service vulnerability due to an issue with handling invalid ports that could allow a guest user to crash the VMX process. C Tenable Network Security,...

VMSA-2014-0001 VMware ESXi address several security issues (remote check).

VMware ESXi address several security issues. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: gbVMSA-2014-0001remote.nasl 6769 2017-07-20 09:56:33Z teissa $ VMSA-2014-0001 VMware ESXi address several security issues remote check. Authors: Michael Meyer Copyright: Copyright c 2014 Greenbone Networks GmbH This...

VMware Fusion 5.x < 5.0.1 VMX Process DoS (VMSA-2014-0001)

The version of VMware Fusion 5.x installed on the remote Mac OS X host is prior to 5.0.1. It is, therefore, reportedly affected by a denial of service vulnerability due to an issue with handling invalid ports that could allow a guest user to crash the VMX process. C Tenable Network Security, Inc...

VMware ESXi address several security issues (VMSA-2014-0001) - Remote Version Check

VMware ESXi address several security issues. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only if description...

VMware ESXi/ESX address several security issues (VMSA-2014-0001)

VMware ESXi and ESX address several security issues. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

CVE-2011-1936

Xen, when using x86 Intel processors and the VMX virtualization extension is enabled, does not properly handle cpuid instruction emulation when exiting the VM, which allows local guest users to cause a denial of service guest crash via unspecified vectors...

Design/Logic Flaw

Xen, when using x86 Intel processors and the VMX virtualization extension is enabled, does not properly handle cpuid instruction emulation when exiting the VM, which allows local guest users to cause a denial of service guest crash via unspecified vectors...

CVE-2011-1936

Xen, when using x86 Intel processors and the VMX virtualization extension is enabled, does not properly handle cpuid instruction emulation when exiting the VM, which allows local guest users to cause a denial of service guest crash via unspecified vectors...

CVE-2011-1936

Xen, when using x86 Intel processors and the VMX virtualization extension is enabled, does not properly handle cpuid instruction emulation when exiting the VM, which allows local guest users to cause a denial of service guest crash via unspecified vectors...

CVE-2011-1936

CVE-2011-1936 concerns the Xen hypervisor on x86 with VMX enabled. The issue is that cpuid instruction emulation is not properly handled when exiting a virtual machine, which can allow a local guest user to trigger a denial of service (guest crash) via unspecified vectors. The description does no...

ESXi 5.0 < Build 1311175 Multiple Vulnerabilities (remote check)

The remote VMware ESXi 5.0 host is affected by the following security vulnerabilities : - Multiple errors exist related to OpenSSL that could allow information disclosure or denial of service attacks. CVE-2013-0166, CVE-2013-0169 - An error exists in the libxml2 library related to the expansion o...