CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. It affects VMware, VMWare, ESXi and other products. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2011-0355
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
1.98%
VMware VMWare ESXi Cisco
Original NVD Description
Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Module (VEM) 4.0(4) SV1(1) through SV1(3b), as used in VMware ESX 4.0 and 4.1 and ESXi 4.0 and 4.1, does not properly handle dropped packets, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (ESX or ESXi host OS crash) by sending an 802.1Q tagged packet over an access vEthernet port, aka Cisco Bug ID CSCtj17451.