CVE-2021-21992

The vCenter Server contains a denial-of-service vulnerability due to improper XML entity parsing. A malicious actor with non-administrative user access to the vCenter Server vSphere Client (HTML5) or vCenter Server vSphere Web Client (FLEX/Flash) may exploit this issue to create a denial-of-service condition on the vCenter Server host.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
6.5 MEDIUM
NETWORK
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
vmwareCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 74%
VendorProductVersion
vmwarecloud_foundation
3.0 ≤
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< 3.10.2.2
vmwarecloud_foundation
4.0 ≤
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< 4.3
vmwarevcenter_server
6.5
vmwarevcenter_server
6.5:a
vmwarevcenter_server
6.5:b
vmwarevcenter_server
6.5:c
vmwarevcenter_server
6.5:d
vmwarevcenter_server
6.5:e
vmwarevcenter_server
6.5:f
vmwarevcenter_server
6.5:update1
vmwarevcenter_server
6.5:update1b
vmwarevcenter_server
6.5:update1c
vmwarevcenter_server
6.5:update1d
vmwarevcenter_server
6.5:update1e
vmwarevcenter_server
6.5:update1g
vmwarevcenter_server
6.5:update2
vmwarevcenter_server
6.5:update2b
vmwarevcenter_server
6.5:update2c
vmwarevcenter_server
6.5:update2d
vmwarevcenter_server
6.5:update2g
vmwarevcenter_server
6.5:update3
vmwarevcenter_server
6.5:update3d
vmwarevcenter_server
6.5:update3f
vmwarevcenter_server
6.5:update3k
vmwarevcenter_server
6.5:update3n
vmwarevcenter_server
6.5:update3p
vmwarevcenter_server
6.7
vmwarevcenter_server
6.7:a
vmwarevcenter_server
6.7:b
vmwarevcenter_server
6.7:d
vmwarevcenter_server
6.7:update1
vmwarevcenter_server
6.7:update1b
vmwarevcenter_server
6.7:update2
vmwarevcenter_server
6.7:update2a
vmwarevcenter_server
6.7:update2c
vmwarevcenter_server
6.7:update3
vmwarevcenter_server
6.7:update3a
vmwarevcenter_server
6.7:update3b
vmwarevcenter_server
6.7:update3f
vmwarevcenter_server
6.7:update3g
vmwarevcenter_server
6.7:update3j
vmwarevcenter_server
6.7:update3l
vmwarevcenter_server
6.7:update3m
vmwarevcenter_server
6.7:update3n
vmwarevcenter_server
7.0
vmwarevcenter_server
7.0:a
vmwarevcenter_server
7.0:b
vmwarevcenter_server
7.0:c
vmwarevcenter_server
7.0:d
vmwarevcenter_server
7.0:update1
vmwarevcenter_server
7.0:update1a
vmwarevcenter_server
7.0:update1c
vmwarevcenter_server
7.0:update1d
vmwarevcenter_server
7.0:update2
vmwarevcenter_server
7.0:update2a
vmwarevcenter_server
7.0:update2b
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= Vulnerable software versions
References
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0020.html
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0020.html