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CVE-2019-5544 — ESXi OpenSLP remote code execution vulnerability
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CVE-2019-5544 — ESXi OpenSLP remote code execution vulnerability
(Last updated July 26, 2024) ▾
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Description
OpenSLP as used in ESXi and the Horizon DaaS appliances has a heap overwrite issue. VMware has evaluated the severity of this issue to be in the Critical severity range with a maximum CVSSv3 base score of 9.8.
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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
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Base Score:
9.8 Critical
Impact Score:
5.9
Exploitability Score:
3.9
Attack Vector (AV):
Network
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
None
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
High
Integrity (I):
High
Availability (A):
High
General Information
Offensive Application
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Utility Class
Unknown
Ports
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OS
Unknown
Vulnerable Versions
ESXi and Horizon DaaS ESXi 6.7 prior to patch release ESXi670-201912001, ESXi 6.5 prior to patch release ESXi650-201912001, ESXi 6.0 prior to patch release ESXi600-201912001 and Horizon DaaS 8.x prior to BZ-2467224-Disable_SLPD_service_permanently_801_Hotfix.
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Vendors
- fedoraproject,
- openslp,
- redhat,
- vmware
Products
- enterprise linux desktop 6.0,
- enterprise linux desktop 7.0,
- enterprise linux for ibm z systems 6.0 s390x,
- enterprise linux for ibm z systems 7.0 s390x,
- enterprise linux for ibm z systems eus 7.7 s390x,
- enterprise linux for power big endian 6.0 ppc64,
- enterprise linux for power big endian 7.0 ppc64,
- enterprise linux for power big endian eus 7.7 ppc64,
- enterprise linux for power little endian 7.0 ppc64le,
- enterprise linux for power little endian eus 7.7 ppc64le,
- enterprise linux server 6.0,
- enterprise linux server 7.0,
- enterprise linux server aus 7.7,
- enterprise linux server eus 7.7,
- enterprise linux server tus 7.7,
- enterprise linux workstation 6.0,
- enterprise linux workstation 7.0,
- esxi 6.0,
- esxi 6.5,
- esxi 6.7,
- fedora 30,
- fedora 31,
- horizon daas,
- openslp
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