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VMSA-2021-0014: ESXi OpenSLP denial-of-service vulnerability (CVE-2021-21995)

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VMSA-2021-0014: ESXi OpenSLP denial-of-service vulnerability (CVE-2021-21995)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/13/2021
Created
09/12/2022
Added
09/12/2022
Modified
05/29/2023

Description

OpenSLP as used in ESXi has a denial-of-service vulnerability due a heap out-of-bounds read issue. A malicious actor with network access to port 427 on ESXi may be able to trigger a heap out-of-bounds read in OpenSLP service resulting in a denial-of-service condition.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-esxi65-upgrade-18071574
  • vmware-esxi67-upgrade-17700523
  • vmware-esxi70-upgrade-17630552

References

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