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GHSA-VMCX-3R5M-96CR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-06-22 12:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 05:00

Details

The vCenter Server contains a heap overflow vulnerability due to the usage of uninitialized memory in the implementation of the DCERPC protocol. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter Server may exploit heap-overflow vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system that hosts vCenter Server.

Severity ?

8.1 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2023-20892 (GCVE-0-2023-20892)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-22 11:47 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:39

Title

VMware vCenter Server heap-overflow vulnerability

Summary

Severity ?

8.1 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Assigner

vmware

References

URL

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Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

VMware

VMware vCenter Server (vCenter Server)

Affected: 8.0 , < 8.0 U1b (8.0 u1b)
Affected: 7.0 , < 7.0 u3m (7.0 u3m)

VMware

VMware Cloud Foundation (vCenter Server)

Affected: 5.x , < 7.0 U3m, 8.0 U1b (7.0 U3m, 8.0 U1b)
Affected: 4.x , < 7.0 U3m, 8.0 U1b (7.0 U3m, 8.0 U1b)

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Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-VMCX-3R5M-96CR

CVE-2023-20892 (GCVE-0-2023-20892)

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