CVE-2020-8575 Denial of service in Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere and Windows 7.3 and above

Medium 4.4 Published Updated

Administrative users can cause a Denial of Service in NetApp Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere and Windows.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-8575?

CVE-2020-8575 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, published on 3 Aug 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere and Windows versions prior to 9.5 are susceptible to a vulnerability which allows administrative users to cause Denial of Service (DoS).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-8575?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2020-8575?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-8575 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-2020-8575 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8575 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8gmw-2xw9-283q.

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