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VMSA-2020-0023: ESXi OpenSLP remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2020-3992)

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VMSA-2020-0023: ESXi OpenSLP remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2020-3992)

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
10/20/2020
Created
10/23/2020
Added
10/23/2020
Modified
06/01/2023

Description

OpenSLP as used in VMware ESXi (7.0 before ESXi_7.0.1-0.0.16850804, 6.7 before ESXi670-202010401-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-202010401-SG) has a use-after-free issue. A malicious actor residing in the management network who has access to port 427 on an ESXi machine may be able to trigger a use-after-free in the OpenSLP service resulting in remote code execution.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-esxi65-upgrade-16901156
  • vmware-esxi67-upgrade-16773714
  • vmware-esxi70-upgrade-16850804

References

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