CVE-2015-1047 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

vpxd in VMware vCenter Server 5.0 before u3e, 5.1 before u3, and 5.5 before u2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long heartbeat message.

Published: 2015-10-12

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 2.9% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:5.5:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-1190	vpxd in VMware vCenter Server 5.0 before u3e, 5.1 before u3, and 5.5 before u2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long heartbeat message.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02916.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76932
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033720
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2015-0007.html

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Vmware Vcenter Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-10-12T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T04:33:20.286Z

Reserved: 2015-01-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-1047

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-10-12T10:59:00.117

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-1047

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-20

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