CVE-2017-4927 Denial of service in vCenter Server

What is CVE-2017-4927?

CVE-2017-4927 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Vmware Vcenter Server, published on 17 Nov 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

VMware vCenter Server (6.5 prior to 6.5 U1 and 6.0 prior to 6.0 U3c) does not correctly handle specially crafted LDAP network packets which may allow for remote denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-90

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-4927?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Vmware Vcenter Server.

How do I fix CVE-2017-4927?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-4927 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2017-4927 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-4927 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Vmware Vcenter Server vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-wrgq-9j5m-mw73.