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VMSA-2019-0022: VVMware ESXi and Horizon DaaS updates address OpenSLP remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2019-5544)

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VMSA-2019-0022: VVMware ESXi and Horizon DaaS updates address OpenSLP remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2019-5544)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/05/2019
Created
12/11/2019
Added
12/09/2019
Modified
04/07/2022

Description

OpenSLP as used in ESXi and the Horizon DaaS appliances has a heap overwrite issue. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Critical severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 9.8.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-esxi60-upgrade-15169789
  • vmware-esxi65-upgrade-15177306
  • vmware-esxi67-upgrade-15160138

References

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