critical9.8Known exploited
CVE-2019-5544
VMware ESXi and Horizon DaaS OpenSLP Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Exploited in the wild
This vulnerability is on a Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue, added 2021-11-03. Federal due date: 2022-05-03.
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Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Vmware | Horizon Daas | from 8.0.0 before 9.0.0.0 |
| Vmware | Esxi | Versions 6.0, 6.5, 6.7 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Desktop | Versions 6.0, 7.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems | Versions 6.0_s390x, 7.0_s390x |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems Eus | Version 7.7_s390x |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Power Big Endian | Versions 6.0_ppc64, 7.0_ppc64 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Power Big Endian Eus | Version 7.7_ppc64 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian | Version 7.0_ppc64le |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian Eus | Version 7.7_ppc64le |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server | Versions 6.0, 7.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Aus | Version 7.7 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Eus | Version 7.7 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- CISA KEV catalog
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/10/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/11/2
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0022.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4240
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0199
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DA3LYAJ2NRKMOZLZOQNDJ5TNQRFMWGHF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZPXXJZLPLAQULBCJVI5NNWZ3PGWXGXWG/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-12
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/10/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/11/2
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0022.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4240
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0199
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DA3LYAJ2NRKMOZLZOQNDJ5TNQRFMWGHF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZPXXJZLPLAQULBCJVI5NNWZ3PGWXGXWG/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-12
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-5544