What is CVE-2016-2079?

CVE-2016-2079 is a medium-severity vulnerability in VMware Nsx Edge, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2016-07-03.

How severe is CVE-2016-2079?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Information disclosure in VMware Nsx Edge

CVE-2016-2079

VMware NSX Edge 6.1 before 6.1.7 and 6.2 before 6.2.3 and vCNS Edge 5.5 before 5.5.4.3, when the SSL-VPN feature is configured, allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.011 (63.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Vmware Nsx_edge — versions 6.1.0, 6.1.1, 6.1.2
Vmware Vcloud_networking_and_security_edge — versions 5.5.0, 5.5.2.1, 5.5.3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2079?: CVE-2016-2079 is a medium-severity vulnerability in VMware Nsx Edge, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2016-07-03.
How severe is CVE-2016-2079?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.