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VMware vCenter Server: CVE-2020-3976 (VMSA-2020-0018)

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VMware vCenter Server: CVE-2020-3976 (VMSA-2020-0018)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/21/2020
Created
08/29/2022
Added
07/25/2022
Modified
07/25/2022

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.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-vcenter-server-upgrade-latest

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