CVE-2023-20896

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.5HIGH
EPSS
0.4%
top 41.74%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Vmware Vmware Cloud Foundation (vcenter Server)Vmware Vmware Vcenter Server (vcenter Server)Vmware Vcenter Server
Timeline
PublishedJun 22

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).

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDvmware/vcenter_server4.0 — 7.0+2
▶CVEListV5vmware/vmware_cloud_foundation_(vcenter_server)5.x — 7.0 U3m, 8.0 U1b+1

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
CVEList
CVE-2023-20896: The VMware vCenter Server contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol↗2023-06-22
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GHSA
GHSA-fm8c-6m3x-v3rf: The VMware vCenter Server contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol↗2023-06-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
VMware
VMware vCenter Server updates address multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-20892, CVE-2023-20893, CVE-2023-20894, CVE-2023-20895, CVE-2023-20896)↗2023-06-22
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CVE-2023-20896 (HIGH CVSS 7.5) | The VMware vCenter Server contains | cvebase.io