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Vulnerability Report: VMware ESX Server 2.x
This vulnerability report for VMware ESX Server 2.x contains a complete overview of all Secunia advisories affecting it. You can use this vulnerability report to ensure that you are aware of all vulnerabilities, both patched and unpatched, affecting this product allowing you to take the necessary precautions.

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Table of Contents

1. Product Summary Only

2. Secunia Advisory Statistics (All time)
2.1. Statistics for 2009
2.2. Statistics for 2008
2.3. Statistics for 2007
2.4. Statistics for 2006
2.5. Statistics for 2005
2.6. Statistics for 2004
2.7. Statistics for 2003

3. List of Secunia Advisories (All time)
3.1. List for 2009
3.2. List for 2008
3.3. List for 2007
3.4. List for 2006
3.5. List for 2005
3.6. List for 2004
3.7. List for 2003

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Vendor, Links, and Unpatched Vulnerabilities

Vendor VMware

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Affected By 30 Secunia advisories
190 Vulnerabilities

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Unpatched 0% (0 of 30 Secunia advisories)

Most Critical Unpatched
There are no unpatched Secunia advisories affecting this product, when all vendor patches are applied..




30 Secunia Advisories in 2003-2009
Secunia has issued a total of 30 Secunia advisories in 2003-2009 for VMware ESX Server 2.x. Currently, 0% (0 out of 30) are marked as unpatched.

More information about the specific Secunia advisories affecting VMware ESX Server 2.x can be found below. Each Secunia advisory is enclosed by a box highlighted with a color representing its current patch status. You can read the complete Secunia advisories for thorough descriptions of the issues covered and for solution suggestions by clicking either the Secunia advisory title or the "Read More" links available for each Secunia advisory.



VMware ESX and vMA Update for Multiple Packages
Partial Fix. Secunia Advisory 1 of 7 in 2009. 999 views.
Release Date:
2009-11-23
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA37471
Solution Status:
Partial Fix
Criticality:
Impact:
Security Bypass
Spoofing
Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information
Privilege escalation
DoS
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
VMware has issued updates for ESX and vMA. These fix some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions or cause a DoS (Denial of Service), by malicious users to cause a DoS and potentially gain escalated privileges, and by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information, conduct spoofing attacks, cause a DoS, or compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]


VMware Products Guest Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 2 of 7 in 2009. 1,109 views.
Release Date:
2009-10-28
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA37172
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Privilege escalation
Where:
Local system
Short Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in various VMware products, which can be exploited by malicious, local users in a guest virtual machine to gain escalated privileges. [Read More]


VMware ESX Server update for krb5
Partial Fix. Secunia Advisory 3 of 7 in 2009. 1,786 views.
Release Date:
2009-07-01
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA35667
Solution Status:
Partial Fix
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
VMware has issued an update for VMware ESX Server. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or to potentially compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]


VMware ESX update for libpng
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 4 of 7 in 2009. 1,475 views.
Release Date:
2009-05-29
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA35258
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
VMware has issued an update for ESX. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially compromise an application using the library. [Read More]


VMware ESX Server Update for Multiple Packages
Partial Fix. Secunia Advisory 5 of 7 in 2009. 2,046 views.
Release Date:
2009-04-01
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA34530
Solution Status:
Partial Fix
Criticality:
Impact:
Spoofing
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
VMware has issued an update for VMware ESX Server. This fixes some vulnerabilities and weaknesses, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct spoofing attacks or to compromise a user's system. [Read More]


VMware ESX Server update for ed
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 6 of 7 in 2009. 1,598 views.
Release Date:
2009-02-27
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA34079
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
VMware has issued an update for VMware ESX Server. This fixes a security issue, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]


VMware ESX Server update for net-snmp and libxml2
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 7 of 7 in 2009. 2,721 views.
Release Date:
2009-02-02
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA33746
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
VMware has issued an update for VMware ESX Server. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or to potentially compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]


VMware ESX Server update for bzip2
Partial Fix. Secunia Advisory 1 of 10 in 2008. 2,783 views.
Release Date:
2008-12-03
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA32952
Solution Status:
Partial Fix
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
VMware has issued an update for VMware ESX Server. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]


VMware ESX / ESXi Privilege Escalation and Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 2 of 10 in 2008. 3,709 views.
Release Date:
2008-11-07
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA32624
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Privilege escalation
Where:
Local system
Short Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in VMware ESX and ESXi, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. [Read More]


VMware ESX Server Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 3 of 10 in 2008. 3,928 views.
Release Date:
2008-09-01
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA31712
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Spoofing
DoS
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
VMware has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in VMware ESX Server, which can be exploited by malicious people to spoof authenticated SNMPv3 packets, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), or potentially compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]


VMware ESX Server update for Samba and vmnix
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 4 of 10 in 2008. 4,746 views.
Release Date:
2008-07-29
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA31246
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Exposure of sensitive information
Privilege escalation
DoS
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
VMware has issued an update for VMware ESX Server. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose potentially sensitive information, to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), or to gain escalated privileges, and malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]


VMware ESX Server Multiple Security Updates
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 5 of 10 in 2008. 7,045 views.
Release Date:
2008-06-05
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA30535
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Exposure of sensitive information
DoS
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
VMware has issued an update for VMware ESX Server. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), or potentially compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]


VMware Products Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 6 of 10 in 2008. 8,635 views.
Release Date:
2008-06-05
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA30556
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Security Bypass
Privilege escalation
Where:
Local system
Short Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in multiple VMware Products, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions or to gain escalated privileges. [Read More]


VMware ESX Server update for libxml2
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 7 of 10 in 2008. 3,900 views.
Release Date:
2008-03-31
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA29591
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
VMware has issued an update for VMware ESX Server. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]


VMware ESX Server update for e2fsprogs
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 8 of 10 in 2008. 5,937 views.
Release Date:
2008-03-04
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA29224
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
System access
DoS
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
VMware has issued an update for VMware ESX Server. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise an application using the library. [Read More]


VMware ESX Server Multiple Updates
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 9 of 10 in 2008. 9,850 views.
Release Date:
2008-02-22
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA29032
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Security Bypass
Exposure of sensitive information
DoS
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
VMware has issued updates for VMware ESX Server. These fix some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions and by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), or compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]


VMware ESX Server Multiple Security Updates
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 10 of 10 in 2008. 9,331 views.
Release Date:
2008-01-08
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA28368
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Privilege escalation
DoS
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
VMware has issued an update for VMware ESX Server. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform actions with escalated privileges and by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]


VMware ESX Server Multiple Security Updates
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 1 of 5 in 2007. 13,205 views.
Release Date:
2007-09-20
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA26909
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Security Bypass
Privilege escalation
DoS
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
VMware has issued an update for VMware ESX Server. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions, perform certain actions with escalated privileges, or to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), by malicious users to bypass certain security restrictions, and by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]


VMWare Products Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 2 of 5 in 2007. 19,898 views.
Release Date:
2007-09-20
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA26890
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Privilege escalation
DoS
System access
Where:
From local network
Short Description:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in various VMware products, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges or cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]


VMware Products Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 3 of 5 in 2007. 13,249 views.
Release Date:
2007-05-01
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA25079
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Security Bypass
DoS
Where:
Local system
Short Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in various VMware products, which can be exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or bypass certain security restrictions. [Read More]


VMware ESX Server Multiple Security Updates
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 4 of 5 in 2007. 9,277 views.
Release Date:
2007-03-30
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA24636
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Manipulation of data
Privilege escalation
DoS
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
VMware has issued an update for VMware ESX Server. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges, and by malicious people to overwrite arbitrary files, cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]


VMWare ESX Server Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 5 of 5 in 2007. 13,759 views.
Release Date:
2007-01-09
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA23680
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Security Bypass
Exposure of sensitive information
Privilege escalation
DoS
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in VMWare ESX Server, which can be exploited by malicious people to gain knowledge of sensitive information, bypass certain security restrictions, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), gain escalated privileges, or compromise a system. [Read More]


VMware ESX Server Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 1 of 3 in 2006. 15,459 views.
Release Date:
2006-11-14
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA22875
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Security Bypass
Exposure of sensitive information
DoS
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Some vulnerabilities, security issues, and a weakness have been reported in VMware ESX Server, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions and disclose potentially sensitive information, or by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]


VMware ESX Server Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 2 of 3 in 2006. 8,416 views.
Release Date:
2006-08-01
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA21230
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Hijacking
Cross Site Scripting
Exposure of sensitive information
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Corsaire has reported some vulnerabilities in VMware ESX Server, which can be exploited to gain knowledge of potentially sensitive information or conduct cross-site request forgery attacks. [Read More]


VMware vmware-config.pl Insecure SSL Key File Permissions
Partial Fix. Secunia Advisory 3 of 3 in 2006. 15,005 views.
Release Date:
2006-07-19
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA21120
Solution Status:
Partial Fix
Criticality:
Impact:
Exposure of sensitive information
Where:
Local system
Short Description:
Nick Brees has reported a vulnerability in VMware, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain knowledge of sensitive information. [Read More]


VMware ESX Server Management Interface Script Insertion
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 1 of 2 in 2005. 12,969 views.
Release Date:
2005-12-30
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA18250
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Cross Site Scripting
Where:
From local network
Short Description:
Corsaire has reported a vulnerability in the VMware ESX Server, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct script insertion attacks. [Read More]


VMware ESX Server Three Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 2 of 2 in 2005. 11,741 views.
Release Date:
2005-01-17
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA13871
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Security Bypass
Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information
System access
Where:
From local network
Short Description:
VMware has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in ESX Server, which can be exploited to disclose sensitive information in kernel memory, bypass certain security restrictions, and potentially compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]


VMware ESX Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 1 of 2 in 2004. 9,317 views.
Release Date:
2004-04-02
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA11276
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Privilege escalation
Where:
Local system
Short Description:
VMware has issued updated packages for the kernel. These fix three vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. [Read More]


VMware ESX Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 2 of 2 in 2004. 9,133 views.
Release Date:
2004-02-06
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA10809
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Privilege escalation
Where:
Local system
Short Description:
VMware has issued updated packages for the kernel. These fix two vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. [Read More]


VMware ESX and GSX update for OpenSSL
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 1 of 1 in 2003. 7,481 views.
Release Date:
2003-10-29
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA10091
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
VMware has issued updates for VMware ESX and GSX. These fix multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSL possibly allowing malicious people to cause a Denial of Service or to gain system access. [Read More]