VMSA-2020-0018 : VMware ESXi, vCenter Server, and Cloud Foundation updates address a partial denial of service vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 139849

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Synopsis

The remote VMware ESXi host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

a. Partial denial of service vulnerability via authentication services (CVE-2020-3976)

VMware ESXi and vCenter Server contain a partial denial of service vulnerability in their respective authentication services. A malicious actor with network access to ESXi or vCenter may be able to exploit this vulnerability to exhaust memory resources resulting in a degradation of performance condition while the attack is sustained.

Solution

Apply the missing patches.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 139849

File Name: vmware_VMSA-2020-0018.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Family: VMware ESX Local Security Checks

Published: 8/26/2020

Updated: 9/4/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-3976

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:vmware:esxi:6.5, cpe:/o:vmware:esxi:6.7, cpe:/o:vmware:esxi:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/VMware/release, Host/VMware/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/21/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-3976

IAVA: 2020-A-0386

VMSA: 2020-0018

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