#VU77639 Out-of-bounds read in vCenter Server - CVE-2023-20896 

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#VU77639 Out-of-bounds read in vCenter Server - CVE-2023-20896

Published: June 22, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU77639
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20896
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
vCenter Server
Software vendor:
VMware, Inc

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within DCERPC protocol implementation. A remote attacker can send specially crafted packets to the server, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and crash vmcad, vmdird, or vmafdd services.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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