vulnerability
VMSA-2020-0018: Partial denial of service vulnerability via authentication services (CVE-2020-3976)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Aug 21, 2020 | Aug 27, 2020 | Oct 7, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 21, 2020
Added
Aug 27, 2020
Modified
Oct 7, 2025
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.
Solutions
vmware-esxi65-upgrade-16576891vmware-esxi67-upgrade-16713306vmware-esxi700-upgrade-16324942
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