CVE-2020-3976 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2020-3976

VMware ESXi and vCenter Server contain a partial denial of...

Vulnerability Description

VMware ESXi and vCenter Server contain a partial denial of service vulnerability in their respective authentication services. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Moderate severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 5.3.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

ESXi, vCenter Server, and Cloud Foundation
Vulnerable Versions:
ESXi 7.0, 6.7, 6.5, vCenter Server 7.0, 6.7, 6.5, and Cloud Foundation 4.x.x, and 3.x.x release lines.

Timeline

Official Publish: August 21st, 2020
Last Modified: August 4th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.