CVE-2020-3992

Vulnerability overview

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.

Severity and scoring

CVSS score

9.8 · CRITICAL

CVSS version

3.1

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-416

CVSS measures technical severity; it does not establish whether this vulnerability is being exploited in your environment.

Known exploitation and remediation

Listed in CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Affected product

VMware · ESXi

Added to catalog

2021-11-03

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA remediation due date

2022-05-03

CISA deadlines apply to the organizations covered by its directives. Confirm your own remediation requirements.

Verify affected versions and patch availability in the vendor advisory before making changes.

Affected products and versions

• cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  From (inclusive): 3.0

  Before (exclusive): 3.10.1.2

• cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  From (inclusive): 4.0

  Before (exclusive): 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:*:*:*:*:*:*

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• 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:*:*:*:*:*:*

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• 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:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201912403:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201912404:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-202005001:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-202006001:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-202007001:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-202010001:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201806001:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201807001:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201808001:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810001:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810101:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810102:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810103:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810201:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810202:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810203:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810204:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810205:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810206:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810207:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810208:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810209:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810210:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810211:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810212:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810213:*:*:*:*:*:*

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• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810215:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810216:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810217:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810218:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810219:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810220:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810221:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810222:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810223:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810224:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810225:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810226:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810227:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810228:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810229:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810230:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810231:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810232:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810233:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810234:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201811001:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201901001:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201901401:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201901402:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201901403:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201903001:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201904001:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201904201:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201904201-ug:*:*:*:*:*:*

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• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201904202-ug:*:*:*:*:*:*

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• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201904203-ug:*:*:*:*:*:*

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• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201904204-ug:*:*:*:*:*:*

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• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201904205-ug:*:*:*:*:*:*

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• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201904206-ug:*:*:*:*:*:*

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• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201904213-ug:*:*:*:*:*:*

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• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-202008001:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-202010001:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0.0:1.20.16321839:*:*:*:*:*:*

These are NVD CPE applicability entries. Some products depend on configuration conditions; consult the official record to confirm applicability.

Advisories and references

• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0023.html

  Patch · Vendor Advisory

• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1377/

  Third Party Advisory · VDB Entry

• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1385/

  Third Party Advisory · VDB Entry

• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0023.html

  Patch · Vendor Advisory

• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1377/

  Third Party Advisory · VDB Entry

• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1385/

  Third Party Advisory · VDB Entry

• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-3992

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