Denial of service in VMware vCenter Server

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU93319

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-37087

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources within the License Server. A remote attacker can send specially crafted packets to the server, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

vCenter Server: 7.0 U1 - 8.0.0c

External links

http://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24505
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-882/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.