CVE-2011-1786
lsassd in Likewise Open /Enterprise 5.3 before build 7845, Open 6.0 before build 8325, and Enterprise 6.0 before build 178, as distributed in VMware ESXi 4.1 and ESX 4.1 and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via an Active Directory login attempt that provides a username containing an invalid byte sequence.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 3.0% (87th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1784)
- Published
- May 3, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1784 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- likewise / likewise open
- likewise / likewise open
- likewise / likewise open
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esxi
References
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1035108
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000133.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44349(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8240
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025452
- http://www.likewise.com/community/index.php/forums/viewannounce/1104_27/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517739/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47625
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0007.html(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67194
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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