The remote VMware ESX host is missing a security-related patch. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in several third-party components and libraries :
A denial of service vulnerability exists in the ACPI Event Daemon (acpid) that allows a remote attacker to cause a consumption of CPU resources by opening a large number of UNIX sockets without closing them.
(CVE-2009-0798)
A security bypass vulnerability exists in Samba in the acl_group_override() function when dos filemode is enabled. A remote attacker can exploit this to modify access control lists for files via vectors related to read access to uninitialized memory. (CVE-2009-1888)
A security bypass vulnerability exists in Samba in the SMB subsystem due to improper handling of errors when resolving pathnames. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to bypass intended sharing restrictions, and read, create, or modify files, in certain circumstances involving user accounts that lack home directories. (CVE-2009-2813)
A denial of service vulnerability exists in Samba that allows authenticated, remote attackers to cause an infinite loop via an unanticipated oplock break notification reply packet. (CVE-2009-2906)
An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Samba in mount.cifs due to improper enforcement of permissions. A local attacker can exploit this to read part of the credentials file and obtain the password by specifying the path to the credentials file and using the --verbose or -v option. (CVE-2009-2948)
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(89738);
script_version("1.5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");
script_cve_id(
"CVE-2009-0798",
"CVE-2009-1888",
"CVE-2009-2813",
"CVE-2009-2906",
"CVE-2009-2948"
);
script_bugtraq_id(
34692,
36363,
36572,
36573
);
script_xref(name:"VMSA", value:"2010-0006");
script_name(english:"VMware ESX Third-Party Libraries and Components Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2010-0006) (remote check)");
script_summary(english:"Checks the ESX / ESXi version and build number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote VMware ESX host is missing a security-related patch.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote VMware ESX host is missing a security-related patch. It is,
therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in several third-party
components and libraries :
- A denial of service vulnerability exists in the ACPI
Event Daemon (acpid) that allows a remote attacker to
cause a consumption of CPU resources by opening a large
number of UNIX sockets without closing them.
(CVE-2009-0798)
- A security bypass vulnerability exists in Samba in the
acl_group_override() function when dos filemode is
enabled. A remote attacker can exploit this to modify
access control lists for files via vectors related to
read access to uninitialized memory. (CVE-2009-1888)
- A security bypass vulnerability exists in Samba in the
SMB subsystem due to improper handling of errors when
resolving pathnames. An authenticated, remote attacker
can exploit this to bypass intended sharing
restrictions, and read, create, or modify files, in
certain circumstances involving user accounts that lack
home directories. (CVE-2009-2813)
- A denial of service vulnerability exists in Samba that
allows authenticated, remote attackers to cause an
infinite loop via an unanticipated oplock break
notification reply packet. (CVE-2009-2906)
- An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Samba
in mount.cifs due to improper enforcement of
permissions. A local attacker can exploit this to read
part of the credentials file and obtain the password by
specifying the path to the credentials file and using
the --verbose or -v option. (CVE-2009-2948)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0006");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000123.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Apply the appropriate patch according to the vendor advisory that
pertains to ESX version 4.0.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_cwe_id(264, 399);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:vmware:esx");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2009/04/21");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2010/04/01");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/03/08");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"VMware ESX Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("vmware_vsphere_detect.nbin");
script_require_keys("Host/VMware/version", "Host/VMware/release");
script_require_ports("Host/VMware/vsphere");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
ver = get_kb_item_or_exit("Host/VMware/version");
rel = get_kb_item_or_exit("Host/VMware/release");
port = get_kb_item_or_exit("Host/VMware/vsphere");
esx = '';
if ("ESX" >!< rel)
audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "VMware ESX/ESXi");
extract = eregmatch(pattern:"^(ESXi?) (\d\.\d).*$", string:ver);
if (isnull(extract))
audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "VMware ESX/ESXi");
else
{
esx = extract[1];
ver = extract[2];
}
# fixed build numbers are the same for ESX and ESXi
fixes = make_array(
"4.0", "244038"
);
fix = FALSE;
fix = fixes[ver];
# get the build before checking the fix for the most complete audit trail
extract = eregmatch(pattern:'^VMware ESXi?.* build-([0-9]+)$', string:rel);
if (isnull(extract))
audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_BUILD, "VMware " + esx, ver);
build = int(extract[1]);
# if there is no fix in the array, fix is FALSE
if (!fix)
audit(AUDIT_INST_VER_NOT_VULN, "VMware " + esx, ver, build);
if (build < fix)
{
report = '\n Version : ' + esx + " " + ver +
'\n Installed build : ' + build +
'\n Fixed build : ' + fix +
'\n';
security_report_v4(port:port, extra:report, severity:SECURITY_WARNING);
exit(0);
}
else
audit(AUDIT_INST_VER_NOT_VULN, "VMware " + esx, ver, build);
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0798
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1888
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2813
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2906
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2948
lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000123.html
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0006