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9.8Critical KEV Used in ransomware

CVE-2020-3992VMware ESXi OpenSLP Use-After-Free Vulnerability

VMware ESXi Published: (6 years ago)

Known exploited — VMware ESXi OpenSLP Use-After-Free Vulnerability

CISA confirmed this vulnerability is used in real attacks on 03.11.2021. Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: 03.05.2022.

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3992

Description

OpenSLP as used in VMware ESXi (7.0 before ESXi_7.0.1-0.0.16850804, 6.7 before ESXi670-202010401-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-202010401-SG) has a use-after-free issue. A malicious actor residing in the management network who has access to port 427 on an ESXi machine may be able to trigger a use-after-free in the OpenSLP service resulting in remote code execution.

Weakness (CWE): CWE-416

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

VendorProductVersions
— VMware ESXi VMware ESXi (7.0 before ESXi_7.0.1-0.0.16850804, 6.7 before ESXi670-202010401-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-202010401-SG)
vmware cloud foundation 3.0 – < 3.10.1.2
vmware esxi 6.5

References and patches

CPE matches (NVD) (60)
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 3.0 < 3.10.1.2
  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 4.0 < 4.1.0.1
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201701001:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201703001:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201703002:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201704001:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707101:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707102:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707103:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707201:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707202:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707203:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707204:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707205:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707206:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707207:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707208:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707209:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707210:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707211:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707212:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707213:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707214:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707215:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707216:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707217:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707218:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707219:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707220:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707221:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201710001:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201712001:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201803001:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201806001:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201808001:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201810001:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201810002:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201811001:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201811002:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201811301:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201901001:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201903001:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201905001:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201908001:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201910001:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-20191004001:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201911001:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201911401:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201911402:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201912001:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201912002:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201912101:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201912102:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201912103:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201912104:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201912301:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201912401:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201912402:*:*:*:*:*:*

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