Resource exhaustion in vCenter Server - CVE-2024-37087
Published: June 25, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU93319
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-2024-37087
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: VMware, Inc
Affected software:
vCenter Server
vCenter Server
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources within the License Server. A remote attacker can send specially crafted packets to the server, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-37087
Install updates from vendor's website.