PT-2021-4329
CVE-2021-22009
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Published
2021-09-21
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Updated
2022-07-12
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.5
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
vCenter Server (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to an uncontrolled resource consumption in the VAPI service of VMware vCenter Server. It can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service by sending a specially crafted HTTP request through port 443. This can lead to excessive memory consumption by the VAPI service, resulting in a denial of service condition.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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