#VU60620 Resource management error in VMware ESXi - CVE-2021-22050 

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#VU60620 Resource management error in VMware ESXi - CVE-2021-22050

Published: February 15, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU60620
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22050
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
VMware ESXi
Software vendor:
VMware, Inc

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within rhttpproxy. A remote attacker can send crafted slow HTTP POST request to the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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