Description
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.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2021-9163 | 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. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: vmware
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-03T18:30:23.542Z
Reserved: 2021-01-04T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2021-21992
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Status : Modified
Published: 2021-09-22T19:15:09.733
Modified: 2024-11-21T05:49:23.987
Link: CVE-2021-21992
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD