Exposed dangerous method or function in VMware ESXi - CVE-2019-5528
Published: October 29, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22326
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5528
CWE-ID: CWE-749
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: VMware, Inc
Affected software:
VMware ESXi
VMware ESXi
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected software provides an interface includes a dangerous method or function that is not properly restricted. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and cause the hostd service to become unresponsive, resulting in a partial denial of service for management functionality.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-5528
Install updates from vendor's website.