PT-2020-3971 · Vmware · Vmware Esxi+2

Published 2020-08-20 · Updated 2022-02-03 · CVE-2020-3976

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: VMware vCenter Server (affected versions not specified) VMware ESXi (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue is related to insufficient authentication in the virtual infrastructure management tools. It may allow a remote attacker to cause a partial denial of service.

Recommendations: For VMware vCenter Server, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability. For VMware ESXi, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Improper Authentication

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-287

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-04365

CVE-2020-3976

Affected Products

Vmware Vcenter

Vmware Esxi

Vmware Vcenter Server

References · 4

• https://vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0018.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-3976 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-04365 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3976 · Security Note