CVE-2023-20896

State
Published
Severity
5.9 Medium
Published
Jun 22, 2023
Updated
Feb 13, 2025
Reserved
Nov 1, 2022

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Description

The VMware vCenter Server contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter Server may trigger an out-of-bounds read by sending a specially crafted packet leading to denial-of-service of certain services (vmcad, vmdird, and vmafdd).

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.15.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hvmware

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
VMware vCenter Server (vCenter Server)VMware
  • 8.0 to before 8.0 U1bAffected
  • 7.0 to before 7.0 u3mAffected
VMware Cloud Foundation (vCenter Server)VMware
  • 5.x to before 7.0 U3m, 8.0 U1bAffected
  • 4.x to before 7.0 U3m, 8.0 U1bAffected

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