CVE-2020-3976 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Vmware Cloud Foundation

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionCWE-287 — Improper Authentication4 documents4 sources
Severity
5.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
2.5%
top 14.65%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Vmware Cloud FoundationVmware EsxiVmware Vcenter Server
Timeline
PublishedAug 21
Latest updateMay 24

Description

VMware ESXi and vCenter Server contain a partial denial of service vulnerability in their respective authentication services. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Moderate severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 5.3.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDvmware/vcenter_server6.5, 6.7, 7.0+2
▶NVDvmware/esxi6.5, 6.7, 7.0+2
▶NVDvmware/cloud_foundation3.0 — 3.10+1

Patches

Patch: www.vmware.com ↗Patch: www.vmware.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-5xrm-7qcf-99pq: VMware ESXi and vCenter Server contain a partial denial of service vulnerability in their respective authentication services↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-3976: VMware ESXi and vCenter Server contain a partial denial of service vulnerability in their respective authentication services↗2020-08-21
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
VMware
VMware ESXi, vCenter Server, and Cloud Foundation updates address a partial denial of service vulnerability (CVE-2020-3976)↗2020-08-20
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