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CVE-2023-20896

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CVE-2023-20896

Published: Jun 22, 2023

Modified: Feb 13, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

5.9

MEDIUM

Description

The VMware vCenter Server contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter Server may trigger an out-of-bounds read by sending a specially crafted packet leading to denial-of-service of certain services (vmcad, vmdird, and vmafdd).

VendorProductVersions

VMware

VMware vCenter Server (vCenter Server)

affected
8.0 - < 8.0 U1b
affected
7.0 - < 7.0 u3m

VMware

VMware Cloud Foundation (vCenter Server)

affected
5.x - < 7.0 U3m, 8.0 U1b
affected
4.x - < 7.0 U3m, 8.0 U1b

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

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