Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 21, 2013· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2013-5970

Description

hostd-vmdb in VMware ESXi 4.0 through 5.0 and ESX 4.0 through 4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hostd-vmdb service outage) by modifying management traffic.

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Affected products

VMware/Esx3 versions
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 4.0 - 4.1
VMware/Esxi4 versions
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 4.0 - 5.0

Patches

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References

www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2013-0012.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
osvdb.org/98719nvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/63216nvd
www.securitytracker.com/id/1029206nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/88135nvd

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