SB2020052906 - Denial of service in VMware ESXi, Workstation and Fusion
Published: May 29, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020052906
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-3959)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform denial of service (DoS) attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak in the VMCI module. A local user can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.