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VMSA-2022-0030: VMware ESXi OpenSLP heap overflow vulnerability (CVE-2022-31699)

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VMSA-2022-0030: VMware ESXi OpenSLP heap overflow vulnerability (CVE-2022-31699)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/13/2022
Created
01/10/2023
Added
01/09/2023
Modified
06/01/2023

Description

VMware ESXi contains a heap-overflow vulnerability. A malicious local actor with restricted privileges within a sandbox process may exploit this issue to achieve a partial information disclosure.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-esxi65-upgrade-20502893
  • vmware-esxi67-upgrade-20497097
  • vmware-esxi70-upgrade-20842708

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