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vulnerability announce CVE-2012-3289

VMware: denial of service via Remote Device

Synthesis of the vulnerability

An attacker can alter data sent by a Remote Device, in order to create a denial of service in VMware products.
Impacted products: ESX, ESXi, VMware Player, VMware vSphere Hypervisor, VMware Workstation.
Severity: 1/4.
Creation date: 14/06/2012.
Identifiers: BID-53996, CERTA-2012-AVI-333, CVE-2012-3289, ESX350-201206401-SG, ESX400-201206001, ESX400-201206401-SG, ESX410-201206001, ESX410-201206401-SG, ESXe350-201206401-I-SG, ESXe350-201206401-O-SG, ESXi400-201206001, ESXi410-201206001, ESXi410-201206401-SG, ESXi500-201206001, ESXi500-201206401-SG, VIGILANCE-VUL-11707, VMSA-2012-0011.

Description of the vulnerability

A Remote Device is a device (cdrom reader or keyboard) located on the computer where the user is.

An attacker can alter data sent by a Remote Device, in order to create a denial of service in VMware products.

Technical details are unknown.
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