SB2020052906 - Denial of service in VMware ESXi, Workstation and Fusion



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

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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.