Denial of service in vCenter Server - CVE-2017-4927
Published: November 10, 2017 / Updated: November 13, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU9170
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-4927
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send specially crafted LDAP packets and cause the service to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
The weakness exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send specially crafted LDAP packets and cause the service to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Affected software
vCenter Server
How to mitigate CVE-2017-4927
Update to version 6.0 U3c, 6.5 U1.