Denial of Service (DoS) Affecting vmware/open-vm-tools package, versions [11.0.0,11.3.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.65% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-VMWAREOPENVMTOOLS-2333583
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed18 Jun 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 Jun 2021

CVE-2021-21997  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade vmware/open-vm-tools to version 11.3.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS). VMware Tools for Windows (11.x.y prior to 11.3.0) contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in the VM3DMP driver. A malicious actor with local user privileges in the Windows guest operating system, where VMware Tools is installed, can trigger a PANIC in the VM3DMP driver leading to a denial-of-service condition in the Windows guest operating system.

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