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vCenter Server denial of service vulnerability (VMSA-2021-0020) (CVE-2021-22019)

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vCenter Server denial of service vulnerability (VMSA-2021-0020) (CVE-2021-22019)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/21/2021
Created
02/03/2022
Added
01/21/2022
Modified
02/02/2022

Description

The vCenter Server contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in VAPI (vCenter API) service. A malicious actor with network access to port 5480 on vCenter Server may exploit this issue by sending a specially crafted jsonrpc message to create a denial of service condition.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-vcenter-cve-2021-22019-upgrade-latest

References

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